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A Writer's Dictionary:

scrawling Definition


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scrawl
verb
    tr & intr
    scrawled, scrawling
    1. To write or draw illegibly, untidily or hurriedly.
      Example: scrawled a note on the back of an envelope
noun
    1. Untidy or illegible handwriting.
Derivative: scrawler
noun
    Derivative: scrawly
    adj
      Etymology: 17c: perhaps connected with crawl and sprawl.



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