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Definition of Dabster
1. n. One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept.
Definition of Dabster
1. Noun. An expert, one who is master of their profession. ¹
2. Noun. A handy person. ¹
3. Noun. A dabbler or bungler. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dabster
1. a bungler [n -S] - See also: bungler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabster
Literary usage of Dabster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Race-turf Register, Sportsman's Herald, and General Stud Book by Patrick Nisbett Edgar (1833)
"dabster, A pale sorrel horse, 14 hands 3 inches high, foaled in 1761— Got by
Young dabster—his dam was a 3-4 blooded mare. Maryland 1769. JAMES ANTHONY Cox. ..."
2. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1827)
"The Honourable Mr. dabster," said Mrs. Sydenham. ... on succeeding to a fortune,
left him by his uncle dabster," said Mrs. Sydenham. ..."
3. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"DAB, or dabster. An adept, a proficient; a person who is export at any particular
thing is ... He's sich a dabster at a plough, Few match'd him nigh or far. ..."
4. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"Among we boys that lived in the valley of the Ohio River, a mole skin was highly
prized as a sort of fetich that, when used as a "knuckle dabster " -to rest ..."
5. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1857)
"Dr. Webster proposes as the derivative of dabster, " Qu. from adapt, ... and a
punster one who puns, so a dabster is one who, by continuing to dab at a ..."
6. American Journal of Education (1857)
"Dr. Webster proposes as the derivative of dabster, " Qu. from adapt, with ster.
... and a punster one who puns, so a dabster is one who, by continuing to ..."
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