Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, n.
   One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation;
   a literary hack.

         The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine.
                                                  --Granville.

Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, n.
   A scribbling machine.

Source : WordNet®

scribbler
     n 1: informal terms for journalists [syn: {scribe}, {penman}]
     2: a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read
        [syn: {scrawler}]