dabber
Americannoun
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a person or thing that dabs.
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a cushionlike article used for applying ink, as by printers and engravers.
noun
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a pad used by printers for applying ink by hand
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a felt-tip pen with a very broad writing point, used especially by bingo players to cancel numbers on their cards
Etymology
Origin of dabber
Example Sentences
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Dr. Dabber seized the moment and reached out to Richardson with their $250K offer, which the athlete has yet to accept or decline.
From Fox News • Jul. 14, 2021
Dabber single to leg, Colly to face the final ball before lunch.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2010
A Dabber for laying the ground on the plate.
From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime
Perhaps some one annual, of more comprehensive design than its fellows, might even contain a portrait of the mother of Lady Mulberry Hawk, with lines by the father of Sir Dingleby Dabber.
From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles
Revarnishing with the Dabber for Rebiting.—For partial rebiting the same result may be reached by applying the ground with the dabber.
From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime
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