daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
dauber
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a word derived from
daub.
Example Sentences
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Tickets include entry, entertainment, dauber and one food item.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
When the mother and daughter duo began the task of fixing up the old family store, they cleared 200-300 pounds of dirt dauber nests from the ceilings and under the counters.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2014
Artist Roy, trained at Calcutta's Government School of Art, spent 15 years as a successful dauber of polite European-type landscapes that looked good in the best Indian homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the waste matter from its heavy protein diet is stored in an internal sac until the baby mud dauber has finished its food store.
From Time Magazine Archive
All she knew about the life of the mud dauber, she’d just now learned.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
