dauber
dauber is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
- 2.A low and gross flattere.
- 3.(Zoöl.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- amateur
- and
- artist
- ass
- awkward
- bad
- blunderer
- blunderhead
- buff
- bungler
- camera
- caricaturist
- carver
- chaser
- cinematographer
- clod
- coach
- conjurer
- copyist
- deceiver
- designer
- draftsman
- draughtsman
- drawer
- duffer
- enamel
- enameler
- enamelist
- engraver
- fair
- fire
- fish
- flat
- flower
- fresh
- fumbler
- galoot
- greenhorn
- gun
- hack
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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