jottings

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Among the other famous jottings that sold were those belonging to Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley, South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela and all four members of The Beatles.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024

The text, however, evokes a stack of index cards with jottings from an indefatigable researcher unbound by historical limits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023

After his death in 1935, the trunk was discovered, brimming with notes and jottings on calling cards and envelopes, whatever paper appeared to be handy.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021

His printed draft had whiteout and other jottings indicating clearly it was not a final version.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2020

He never wrote out fair copies of these jottings for me, fugitive as were the marks and impossible of interpretation.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson