Crossword-Solution: SCRIVENER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Scrivener | n. | A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. |
| Scrivener | n. | One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. |
| Scrivener | n. | A writing master. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “SCRIVENER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bartleby, notably | 1 answer |
| Copyist of old | 1 answer |
| Melville's Bartleby, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Old-time manuscript copier | 1 answer |
| person who writes out deeds, letters, etc | 1 answer |
| Notary | 6 answers |
| AMANUENSIS | 7 answers |
| Scribe | 16 answers |
| Writer | 22 answers |
| Clerk | 26 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SCRIVENER (5)
His handwriting was exceptionally villainous; poet though he was, he had no taste for what was elegant; and in a country where to write beautifully was not the mark of a scrivener but an admired accomplishment for gentlemen, he suffered his letters to be jolted out of him by the press of matter and the heat of his convictions.
The two men, thinking they were jesting at first, asked them to come in and sit down, and see what fine houses they were that they had built, and to tell them what rent they demanded; and one of them merrily said if they were the ground-landlords, he hoped if they built tenements upon their land, and made improvements, they would, according to the custom of landlords, grant a long lease: and desired they would get a scrivener to draw the writings.
This is already my sixth letter to-day, and I have many more waiting; and my wrist gives me a jog on the subject of scrivener’s cramp, which is not encouraging.
Paul, there are men so caitiff that they think more of a scrivener's pen than of their lady's smile, and do their devoir in hopes that they may fill a line in a chronicle or make a tag to a jongleur's romance.
His father was a butcher and grazier; and Shakespeare himself is supposed to have been in early life a woolcomber; whilst others aver that he was an usher in a school and afterwards a scrivener’s clerk.
Quotes with SCRIVENER (2)
People don't read anymore. And, when they do, they don't read books like this one, but instead read books that depress them, because those books are seen as important. Somehow, the Librarians have successfully managed to convince most people in the Hushlands that they shouldn't read anything that isn't boring. It comes down to Biblioden the Scrivener's great vision for the world — a vision in which people never do anything abnormal, never dream, and never experience anything …
Scrivener can be a tricky beast to get your head around. When you do, a bell rings, and suddenly it all seems perfectly clear. But to reach that stage you have to understand what it can do, and try it out for yourself. Which can be daunting.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1980–2020).