“dabster”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dabster

释义

dabster|ˈdæbstə(r)|
[In sense 1 f. dab n.³: see -ster.]
1. One skilled at anything; an expert or dab. Chiefly dial.
1708Brit. Apollo No. 93. 3/2 Ye Dabsters at Rhime.1770–86P. Skelton Wks. V. 203 The right dabsters at a sly, or a dry joke.1824Hist. Gaming 29 Her..luck at play (for she was a dabster).1842Akerman Wiltshire Gloss., Dabster, a proficient.1888Berksh. Gloss., Dabster, one who excels greatly. [So in many dialect Glossaries.]
2. Applied depreciatively: cf. daubster, dabbler.
1871Browning Pr. Hohenst. 389 Lines Which every dabster felt in duty bound To signalize his power of pen and ink By adding to a plan once plain enough.1892Idler Sept. 203, I am a very indifferent amateur, a slouchy dabster, a mere artistic sarcasm.

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