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单词 scribelet
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scribeletn.

Brit. /ˈskrʌɪblᵻt/, U.S. /ˈskraɪblət/
Forms: see scribe n.1 and -let suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scribe n.1, -let suffix.
Etymology: < scribe n.1 + -let suffix.
Now rare.
An insignificant scribe or writer.
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text-writer1463
scribelet1599
engrosser1606
under-scribe1612
answer-jobber1712
cocket writer1743
figure-servant1850
texter1884
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered ii. 10 Your scriblets, forsooth, must countenance the Bible.
1895 Bk. Buyer Aug. 409/1 Sir Walter Besant..acts as father-confessor to a host of scribelets.
1920 Amer. Photo-engraver Mar. 193/1 In reading over the many great letters in the front of the book some of our scribelets look kinda weak in comparison.
1990 Punch 12 Dec. 34/2 Some months previously your tame scribelet and a handful of chums had been locked away in the Grosvenor House hotel to deliberate on the writers' awards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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