2. Noun. (context: gerund of dabble) An act in which something is dabbled in ¹
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Definition of Dabbling
1. a superficial interest [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabbling
Literary usage of Dabbling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"She was " always fond of dabbling in the water." Mr. Harrison Weir * tells of a
cat which used to go into the water up to her shoulders to bring in the fish ..."
2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... Diana's timorous limbs ;— A fold of lawny mantle dabbling swims Made Ariadne's
cheek look blushingly. Thus I remember all the pleasant flow Of words at ..."
3. Notes of a Busy Life by Joseph Benson Foraker (1916)
"dabbling ALONG THE EDGES. PRIOR ip my judicial service I was so busily occupied
with my studies and with what work I was fortunate enough to have entrusted ..."
4. Recollections of Samuel Breck: With Passages from His Notebooks (1771-1862) by Samuel Breck, Horace Elisha Scudder (1877)
"dabbling in Stocks.—Unjust Taxation in Boston.— Removal to Philadelphia.—Society
in Philadelphia.—General Washington's Style.—Tradesmen. ..."
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