dauber

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)/

Etymology: Borrowed from German Dauber.

Etymology: From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub + -er.

One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
“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.”
A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.
A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.
“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?”
A low and gross flatterer.
The mud wasp; the mud dauber.