jottings

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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

Among the offhand items clustered by Miki Beyer, Sami Cola, Paul Karcic and Emil Melia are snapshots, handwritten autobiographical jottings and hasty cartoons on lined paper.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

But he could not work up much concern for Roy Baty; he caught, from Dave’s jottings, a repellent quality hanging about this particular android.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick