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dauber
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Dauber (1935–1947) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1938 Preakness Stakes . Bred by Sonny Whitney , he was sired by Harry Payne Whitney's 1913 Futurity Stakes winner, Pennant. His dam was Ship of War, a daughter of Man o' ...
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n. an unskilled painter
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n. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
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Dauber \Daub"er\, n. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber. A low and gross flatterer. (Zo["o]l.) The mud wasp; the mud ...
Usage examples of dauber.
And I have no doubt that if God granted the gift of prophecy even to one artist, we would soon have a surplus of sketchers and daubers wishing to be taken for prophets, especially if it would bring them better pay.
Paper wasps live together in groups and protect the nest, mud daubers mostly just build it and forget it.
In that respect, though their methods were as different as their results, the efforts of the two techs mirrored the ancient daubers of henna and streakers of plant sap who had preceded them in the same kind of work by eight or nine thousand years.
Tsurani troops put the red flower to every thatched roof in his barony last autumn, forcing the Baron now to spend sizeable sums for the hire of carpenters, daubers, and thatchers, but the mud and straw of LaMut invariably crumbled if a harsh thought was sent in its direction.
Using a cotton dauber, she dipped a lipful, leaving the dauber in the pocket of her lip with the stick protruding.
If you believed Baron Morray's complaints, not only had Tsurani troops put the red flower to every thatched roof in his barony last autumn, forcing the Baron now to spend sizeable sums for the hire of carpenters, daubers, and thatchers, but the mud and straw of LaMut invariably crumbled if a harsh thought was sent in its direction.