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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1683
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Scribler, n.1 [e.m.E. scribler (a1553); Scrible v.1] One who scribbles, ? a petty official. — 1683 A Vindication of his Majesty's Government Judicatures in Scotland (1683) 19.
Nor do I ever hear that any of those publick spirited authors do turn the edge of their zeal against ignoramus juries, false witnesses, lying scriblers against the government [etc.]
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