dauber
/ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)/
dauber noun: one who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
Noun
dauber (plural 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.1853, Shearjashub Spooner, Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3), page 140
- I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
- Synonyms:
- alcatote, auf, botcher, bumbler, bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, butterfingers, chucklehead, clodhopper
- 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?2007, “Fluorescent Adolescent”, in Favourite Worst Nightmare, performed by Arctic Monkeys
- A low and gross flatterer.
- The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Proper noun capitalized: Dauber
Dauber (plural Daubers)
- A surname from German.
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Forms of dauber
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| plural | daubers |
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| plural | Daubers |
Origin of dauber
From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub + -er.
Borrowed from German Dauber.
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Questions about dauber
- What does dauber mean?
- Dauber means one who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
- What part of speech is dauber?
- Dauber can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dauber?
- Dauber is pronounced /ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of dauber?
- The plural of dauber is daubers.
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