scribbler

From scribble +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/, /ˈskɹɪblə(ɹ)/

scribbler (plural scribblers)

1. One who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.

   Synonyms: hack, inkslinger, phrasemonger, scrawler, shmock

   • 1726, George Granville, Epilogue to the Jew of Venice:

     The scribbler, pinch'd with hunger, writes to dine.

   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "That's what I have been talking to you, sir - scientific gibberish! Did you think you could match cunning with me - you with your walnut of a brain? You think you are omnipotent, you infernal scribblers, don't you? That your praise can make a man and your blame can break him?"

2. (dated) A machine for coarse carding or teasing of wool.
3. (Canada) A ruled notebook or exercise book, especially in grade school.

   Synonyms: notebook, exercise book

• scribbleress