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were daubing
  • past progressive of daub.

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It looks back to the days when artists were daubing ocher on cave walls and skinning hares with their teeth.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he read that people were daubing themselves with instant skin tan, he moaned: "If you can't believe in the sun, what can you believe in?"

From Time Magazine Archive