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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The knuckle dabster is a small piece of cloth or leather that boys use to rest the hand on when in the act of shooting.
From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.
No doubt, by the time we reach New-York, I shall be as great a dabster as you are.'
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
“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 Hanshew, Thomas W.
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 Richards, Caroline Cowles
Everybody has to bowl for him, and he thinks he’s such a dabster with the bat, but he’s a regular muff.
From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)
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