slubber
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of slubber
First recorded in 1520–30, slubber is from the Low German word slubbern to do work carelessly
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Yet all the faults are defects of execution, not of conception, and though they tend to slubber the texture of the film, they do not impair its intensity and radiance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
The slubber never spoke, but glanced at his wife, who stood glaring at him.
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore
The roving frame is similar in principle to the slubber and intermediate machines, but it contains a greater number of spindles, and the tubes are smaller than either.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
While the rescued Kwaque continued to moan and slubber thankfulness at his feet, he proceeded to strip them that were naked.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
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