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Dauber

//ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. derogatory

    "After he had exerted all his powers to produce a masterpiece of art, the canons, upon viewing the picture, pronounced it a contemptible performance, and the artist a miserable dauber; and Vandyck could hardly obtain payment for his work."

  2. 2
    an unskilled painter wordnet
  3. 3
    A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.
  4. 4
    A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.

    "Said she wasn't going but she went still / Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle / Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?"

  5. 5
    A low and gross flatterer. archaic
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  1. 6
    The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub + -er.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Dauber.

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