A scribbler, especially a newspaper writer.
1869. And now it was hinted that this rattle-brained scribbler, this miserable ink-jerker, was about to become a candidate for Congress from the Territory of Nevada!—J. Ross Browne, ‘Adventures in the Apache Country,’ p. 299 (N.Y.).
1887. Every one on the Paris press seems ready at a moment’s notice to fight any other ink-slinger on the slightest provocation.—W. Douglas ‘Duelling Days,’ p. 132 n. (N.E.D.)
