daubery
Americannoun
noun
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the act or an instance of daubing
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an unskilful painting
Etymology
Origin of daubery
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She works 155 by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as 230 this is, beyond our element: we know nothing.
From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover
And yet, in the midst of my dejection, I still took such unheard-of pleasure in my daubery that, do what I would, I could not let my courage sink.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Paul Heyse
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