2. Noun. Something scrawled. ¹
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Definition of Scrawling
1. scrawl [v] - See also: scrawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrawling
Literary usage of Scrawling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"have afforded you. I trust in Heaven that you will go on improving in it.
You remember, no pens got mended, so you won't wonder at this scrawling. ..."
2. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo: With Memoirs of His Late Father and Friends by Henry Angelo (1830)
"You must pardon my scrawling brevity, for now " « The wakeful bird Sings darkling ;
and, in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. ..."
3. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"... she began scribbling, almost incessantly, little works of invention; but always
in private; and in scrawling characters, illegible, save to herself. ..."
4. True Womanhood: Memorials of Eliza Hessel by Joshua Priestley (1870)
"... word to scrawling correspondents—London—Works of notion—A consolatory thought
for those bereaved of pious friends—Further reminiscences by a friend. ..."
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