dabster
Americannoun
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Slang. an expert.
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Informal. a person who works in a superficial or clumsy manner; dabbler.
noun
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a dialect word for dab hand
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informal an incompetent or amateurish worker; bungler
Etymology
Origin of dabster
Example Sentences
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I never saw such a dabster as you are.
From Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott
Minnie Bellows is the best one in school with her needle and is a dabster at patching.
From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Caroline Cowles Richards
"Wal, they say one has to creep a-fore they walk, so I spose I can't be a dabster at the bisness yet—but jist look at them folks."
From Marguerite Verne by Rebecca Agatha Armour
“It was the best I could do, Cleek—I’m not a dabster in the art of making up, as you know.”
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew
I'm something of a dabster at law myself, and I'll see that Kitsong don't railroad you into jail.
From They of the High Trails by Hamlin Garland
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