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Scrabble  v. i.  (past & past part. scrabbled; pres. part. scrabbling)  
1.
To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. "Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way."
2.
To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. "David... scrabbled on the doors of the gate."





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"Scrabble" Quotes from Famous Books



... every cent he hed); 'n' third place, fer alienatin' the 'fections of a travelin' baker-man she hed her eye on fer herself. He was a kind of a flour-food peddler, that used to drive a cart round by Hard Scrabble, Moderation, 'n' Scratch Corner way. Mis' Maddox used to buy all her baked victuals of him, 'specially after she found out he was a widower beginnin' to take notice. His cart used to stand at her door so long everybody on the rout would complain o' stale ...
— The Village Watch-Tower • (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Scrabble" :   trademark, feel, drawing, scribble, write


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