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dauber¹
- /ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub + -er.
noun daubers
-
One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
After he had exerted all his powers to produce a masterpiece of art, the canons, upon viewing the picture, pronounced it a contemptible performance, and the artist a miserable dauber; and Vandyck could hardly obtain payment for his work.
Similar: alcatote, auf, botcher, bumbler, bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, butterfingers, chucklehead, clodhopper, dauber, duffer
- A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.
- A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card. Said she wasn't going but she went still / Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle / Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
- A low and gross flatterer.
- The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Dauber²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Dauber.
proper noun Daubers
- A surname from German.
Translations
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noun unskillful painter
| Français | barbouilleur, rapin |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Pinseler, Kleckser, Schmierer |
| Italiano | imbianchino, imbrattatele, imbrattatore |
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