slubber

[ sluhb-er ]

/ ˈslʌb ər /

to perform hastily or carelessly.

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First recorded in 1520–30, slubber is from the Low German word slubbern to do work carelessly

slub·ber·ing·ly, adverb

I should have slubber'd thee, and stain'd thy beauty; Your hand, your hand Sir!King.
The Mad Lover|Francis Beaumont
The slubber never spoke, but glanced at his wife, who stood glaring at him.
The Bishop of Cottontown|John Trotwood Moore
As in the slubber, intermediate, and roving frames, the rove is taken from two bobbins for one spindle.
Textiles|William H. Dooley
In being applied to the slubber a breakage either at the front or back can be arranged for.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299|Various

There is nothing to help out, or slubber over, the defects of the voice in the one case, nor of the style in the other.
Hazlitt on English Literature|Jacob Zeitlin