jotter
[f. jot v.2 + -er.]
1. One who jots.
| 1827 Blackw. Mag. XXII. 451 All the jottings that ever were jotted down on his jot-book, by the most inveterate jotter. |
2. A small pad or exercise book used for setting down notes, memoranda, etc.; a memorandum book.
| 1882 Ogilvie Imp. Dict., Jotter,..the book in which notes or memoranda are made. 1916 A. S. Neill Dominie's Log xii. 132 More attention..should be paid to neatness of method and penmanship in copybooks and jotters. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 29 Nov. 487/2 The present practice is to supply to all primary schools a sufficient supply of ‘Second’ readers and jotters sufficient for free issue to all pupils. 1968 M. Woodhouse Rock Baby vii. 75 A scribbled list on a desk jotter. |