See Also: scrawl(1)(dictionary)
scrawl(2)(dictionary)
scrawl(3)(dictionary)
scrawl(4)(dictionary)
scrawl 1, verb(dictionary)
scrawl 2, noun(dictionary)

scrawl(1) (iou)



scrawl noun1. L17.
[from SCRAWL verb2.]
A scrawled thing; a hastily and badly written letter, a careless sketch. Also, (usu. in pl., now rare) a scrawled or illegible character. L17.
Thackeray A scrawl from his pencil brings an enormous price. B. D. W. Ramsay I received a scrawl in Sir Colin's own handwriting. B. Emecheta The sheets were covered with red ink scrawls.
A careless, illegible style of handwriting. E18.
F. Burney Her hand-writing..was a..miserable scrawl.