scribbler n A soft-covered note-book with ruled pages used in school for class
exercise.
P 124-71 By 1930 however the use of slates and the long
type seat, had disappeared from the educational scene and they were replaced by seats
seating two people and by cheap scribblers. 1972 MURRAY 147 The slates were replaced by
'scribblers' and 'exercise books' (i.e., lined writing pads), and lead pencils. 1973
PINSENT 34 So if they lost their buttons [on their fly] they'd have to wear a scribbler
down in front, lashed in place by their belts. 1978 Sat Night Dec, p. 22 Her book,
Woman of Labrador, [was] composed in scribblers at her kitchen table.
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