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
He lived in prayer thrice a day, and "did not slubber over his prayers with hasty amputations, but wrestled in them for a good part of an hour."
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
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
And as for fair and beauteous Millescent, With my vain breath I will not seek to slubber Her angel like perfections; but thou know'st That Essex hath the Saint that I adore.
From The Merry Devil by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
The intermediate frame comes between the slubbing and roving frames and is of similar construction to the slubber, but has a larger number of spindles and smaller tubes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
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