Meaning of screever | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who screeves, or draws with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.
   obsolete, slang
2. A writer of begging letters.
   obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The Street-Artists—as black profile-cutters, blind paper-cutters, “screevers” or draughtsmen in coloured chalks on the pavement, writers without hands, and readers without eyes.”

“Such a ‘fakement,’ professionally filled up and put⟳ into the hands of an experienced lurker, will bring⟳ the ‘amanuensis,’ or ‘screever,’ two guineas at least, and the proceeds of such an expedition have⟳ in many cases averaged 60l. per week.”

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