Meaning

(dated) A female scribe..

Example Sentences

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.

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When Should You Use Scribess?

Use scribess when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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