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dirt-dauber

dirt-dauber noun: a common labourer who makes mud walls.

Noun

dirt-dauber (plural dirt-daubers)

  1. (obsolete) A common labourer who makes mud walls.
    • If […] that I am a younger brother, basely born […], of mean parentage, a dirt-dauber’s son, “am I therefore to be blamed?”, II.3.3

Forms of dirt-dauber

pluraldirt-daubers

Questions about dirt-dauber

What does dirt-dauber mean?
Dirt-dauber means a common labourer who makes mud walls.
What part of speech is dirt-dauber?
Dirt-dauber is a noun.
What is the plural of dirt-dauber?
The plural of dirt-dauber is dirt-daubers.

Words near dirt-dauber in the dictionary

  1. dirt tracks
  2. dirt yard
  3. dirt yards
  4. dirt-box
  5. dirt-cheap
  6. dirt-dauber
  7. dirt-daubers
  8. dirt-poor
  9. dirt-stache
  10. dirtbag
  11. dirtbag left

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