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Dabber

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dab⋅ber

  [dab-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that dabs.
2. a cushionlike article used for applying ink, as by printers and engravers.
Origin:
1780–90; dab 1 + -er 1

dab

3  [dab] Slang.
–noun
1. Also called dab hand. a person skilled in something; an expert.
2. an excellent or extraordinary person or thing.
–adjective
3. expert; excellent; extraordinary.
Origin:
1685–95; of uncert. orig.
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dab·ber   (dāb'ər)   
n.  A cushioned pad used by printers and engravers to apply ink.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

dab 
c.1307, "heavy blow with a weapon," from dabben "to strike," perhaps imitative. Modern sense of "strike with a slight, quick pressure" developed by 1592, infl. by Fr. dauber (see daub). Dab hand is British slang, 1828, from dab "expert" (1691), said to be school slang, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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