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dabster
[ dab-ster ]
noun
- Slang. an expert.
- Informal. a person who works in a superficial or clumsy manner; dabbler.
dabster
/ ˈdæbstə /
noun
- a dialect word for dab hand
- informal.an incompetent or amateurish worker; bungler
Word History and Origins
Origin of dabster1
Example Sentences
Dabster, Shivermetimbers and Sonneteer were early scratches because of the sloppy track conditions.
Fortunately, Mr Bhosh, as a dabster in English composition, was a pastmaster in drawing a petition, and, sitting down, he constructed the following:— To Those Most Worshipful Bigheads In control of Jockeys Club.
Well, said I, I'm not much of a dabster at it, but if the stake ain't high, I don't care if I do take a fling or two; so down we set to it, and they pulled out their cards for loo.
"You're a dabster at that, Billy."
And of Dr Dabster, “an unco bitter body when there was a sma’ collection,” to whom, before the sermon began, the beadle used to hand a slip of paper with the amount collected, we are told that one day when the whole collection only reached two shillings and ninepence, he stopped suddenly in his discourse and said, with biting sarcasm, “It’s the land o’ Canawn ye’re thrang strivin’ after; the land o’ Canawn, eh?
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