Meaning of scribess | Babel Free

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A female scribe.

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“We now have among the Scribes and Scribesses of the News a “Katie” and a “Katie-Did.” We confess to a tenderness for the name of Katie. It reminds us of the happy days of the not very distant past when we were fond of quoting to a certain Katie who now shares the joys and sorrows of Nosco these lines: “O tell me where did Katy live, / And what did Katy do? And was she very fair and young, / And yet so wicked too? Did Katy love a naughty man, / Or kiss more cheeks than one? I warrant Katy did no more / Than many a Kate has done.””

“What can the erudite scribesses mean by “successful directors?” Certainly they were successful or else they would not receive the certificates of election. When their terms as directors cease you can safely say that they will still be successful.”

“Miss Amy Castles, the Bendigo warbler, presented to Melb. audiences in loose hair and a rather short frock, was born at Capel-street, Melb., in July, 1880, says the register. This comes rather rough on the enthusiastic scribesses (including a Bulletin scribess) who put Miss Amy’s age down as 17, and gave her credit for looking two years younger, which she certainly doesn’t.”

“As Mr. [Marion] Brown is a young man of uncertain age and quite a lover of the beautiful in the ladies, and as our scribesses were out in all the pomp and heraldry befitting their rank, and each one wearing her Sunday smile, Marion was as happy as a little dog with a pink ribbon tied to the end of his tail.”

“The weary scribes and scribesses then sought blissful repose at the Wyoming Hotel, where they were the guests for three days, eating the best in the land, and sleeping as soundly as little children.”

“We might advantageously copy women-writers here. Woman, in the nature of things, must accumulate dirt, as we do; and she must now and then wash that dirt off, or it would be there still. (Like St. Paul, I speak as a man.) But the scribess never parades her ablutions on the printed page. If, for instance, you could prevail upon the whole galaxy of Australian authoresses and pen-women to attend a Northern Victoria Agricultural Show, in their literary capacity, you would see proof of this.”

“A splendid time is anticipated by the scribes and “scribesses” during the coming week.”

“The visiting scribes and scribesses are bent on pleasure. The tradespeople should see to it that they don’t get broke.”

“On the whole, it’s a jolly good thing the Pacific ocean is conveniently at hand to take care if the overflow of 160 scribes, scribesses and little scriblers in attendance at the twenty-seventh annual summer outing of the Southern California Editorial Association.”

“If that is so, may ’seventeen / Bring many great successes / To England’s cause, and fortune screen / All scribes and all scribesses!”

“All the scribes and scribesses as members of the Town Criers club are called to meet on Tuesday night, December 14, at 7:30 p. m., in private dining room of the Business Men’s club.”

“The Tatler quotes from “Nerissa Nut’s” official account of the great event: “For years people have been asking favors of scribesses with never a thought of handing them a diamond tiara or a block of oil stock. It was a bright day, therefore, for those who wield the power of the press fluently with one finger when Mrs. George Melford descended from her castle on the hill to do missionary work among the great unmounted order of Amalgamated Copy Cats.”

“Are These Scribes and “Scribesses” of the Future? / Step right up, folks, and meet The Tribune children!”

“Three country scribesses, printing what is new / Rachel hied big citywards—and then there were two.”

“Lastly, around the corner at number 37 South Wells Street, Emil Rutz’s back-room coffee-shop provides good German cooking for the scribes and scribesses of Market Street newspaper offices.”

“EVERYBODY is waiting for the big political conventions. […] And while everybody waits, the scribes and scribesses are making plans to “cover” the conventions.”

“Away from home the scribes and scribesses had no cats to put out and doors to lock, so quite a few stayed up waiting in vain for the roosters to crow . . . .”

“That master expounder of eloqution, the Earl of Fuzzilania la Stoner, ambled into a certain room on the lower corridor (number not mentioned) and asked ye scribes and scribesses if the satchel, which he insinuates is a brief case, had been turned in and if so, where.”

“Question Department: What five Daily Bruin scribes and scribesses were evicted from the Cotton club after the Homecoming hop for appearing in campus clothes and looking too young to patronize the bar?”

“The death of Arthur Brisbane recently recalls to mind the writers who have come and gone during my day and the great variety there has been in scribes and scribesses.”

“Mr. [John U.] Shroyer’s candidacy, or whatever it is, has aroused the interest of the scribes and scribesses largely because he makes a direct appeal via the alimentary canal.”

“The Newspaper Guild will take over the Rainbow Room on the night of Sunday, January 20. About 150 scribes and scribesses will disport themselves at the party.”

“The scribes and scribesses were fresh from a morning gander at Mr. [Stanley] Kramer’s current pet in the Capitol Theater, and they were eager for the director-producer’s lowdown on the current state of the cinema.”

“The title “scribess” has been found on at least three documents of the Middle Kingdom, so although literacy was probably not widespread in ancient Egypt, some women did learn to read and write.”

“I said sorry, because women go berserk if you spill things. She lit a cigarette and puffed a plume with a head-jerk. I gazed admiringly. Women’s actions. “If we educate you, Lovejoy, we might be able to use you.” “That game thing? No, ta.” The nerks shuffled agitatedly. The scribess hesitated.”

“My other cause for anxiety was none other than S. Silvetti, scribess. When I’d phoned Evonne from home to fix a specific time and place for our rendezvous that evening, which was to be at her place after supper, she’d said, “OK, babe, we’ll be waitin’ on needles and pins.” “This ‘we,’ ” I said. “Is it like the royal ‘we’ or the editorial ‘we,’ we hope?””

“The scribesses and scribes use the daytime brightness window very effectively for the tasks assigned to them by the Council of Elders.”

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