scribbler
noun
scrib·bler
ˈskri-b(ə-)lər 
1
: one that scribbles
2
: a minor or insignificant author
Examples of scribbler in a Sentence
My wife's a banker, but I'm just a scribbler who writes for the newspaper.
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Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.
—Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
This was a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing conga line of events too ludicrous for even the most brazen Hollywood script scribblers.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
In keeping with the book’s first-person format, Catherine keeps a diary and introduces the various other characters with the wit of a budding Jane Austen — the difference being, this young scribbler has no interest in wedding bells.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.
—Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
This was a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing conga line of events too ludicrous for even the most brazen Hollywood script scribblers.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
In keeping with the book’s first-person format, Catherine keeps a diary and introduces the various other characters with the wit of a budding Jane Austen — the difference being, this young scribbler has no interest in wedding bells.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
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“Scribbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribbler. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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