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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She keeps a second pink ink dabber standing by just in case the one she is using to mark the spaces on her bingo sheet runs out.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 11, 2015
In that case the ground is spread on the margin of the plate, if that be wide enough, or on a separate plate, and is taken up by the dabber.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
Some engravers prefer the dabber to the roller even for regrounding entire plates.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
The dabber not only equalizes the distribution of the varnish, but also removes what is superfluous.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
Occasionally a rich reward would fall to the enterprising "dabber."
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
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