dauber
/ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.90 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.
noun
The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try any more."
- "I'm not a good painter; I'm a dauber who can get a good likeness. Van Gogh or Cézanne would never have made it; I was given a bottle of Beaujolais and a set of directions."
- "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?"