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scribbles
1. n. plural of scribble
scribble
1. v. To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
2. v. To doodle
3. n. Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing
4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.

Example Sentences

He takes a card out of his pocket and scribbles a phone number on the back.  With the address taking up half of the writing area, brief postcard scribbles became the precursor to today's cryptic text messages.

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