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Of a message, letter, etc.: quickly or carelessly composed; written in an irregular or untidy hand. Also of handwriting: irregular or untidy.
Of handwriting or a drawing: untidy, poorly executed, esp. as a result of haste or carelessness. Formerly also of a page: †covered with scribble (obs…
U.S. colloquial. Written in cramped, untidy, or illegible handwriting; covered with writing of this kind. Cf. hen scratch, n. 3.