dabster
Americannoun
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Slang. an expert.
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Informal. a person who works in a superficial or clumsy manner; dabbler.
noun
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a dialect word for dab hand
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informal an incompetent or amateurish worker; bungler
Etymology
Origin of dabster
Example Sentences
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You're a dabster at chicane, or you're preciously belied.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle by Charles Burke
"You've allus been braggin'," gulped Hiram, "what a dabster you was at cookin', havin' been to sea and—" "Me—me?" demanded the Cap'n, slugging his own breast ferociously.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
The knuckle dabster is a small piece of cloth or leather that boys use to rest the hand on when in the act of shooting.
From Outdoor Sports and Games by Claude H. Miller
"Wal, they say one has to creep a-fore they walk, so I spose I can't be a dabster at the bisness yet—but jist look at them folks."
From Marguerite Verne by Rebecca Agatha Armour
No doubt, by the time we reach New-York, I shall be as great a dabster as you are.'
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
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