dabster
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun One who is skilled; one who is expert; a master of his business; a dab.
- noun A dabbler; a bungler.
Examples
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Can a more triumphant imbecile, a more abject dabster, a more stercoraceous bourgeois be found!
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Maybe Joyce can tempt you with a mixture she's a dabster at.
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"I'm no dabster myself at writing and I can sympathize with you."
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"I'll admit you're a dabster, Evelyn, dear," she cried, "but you will have to get up early in the morning to get the best of your little friend."
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The knuckle dabster is a small piece of cloth or leather that boys use to rest the hand on when in the act of shooting.
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He became a dabster at tucking paper napkins into his neat little waistcoat without tearing them.
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'Come,' he said, 'I'll grind the coffee, and make it; I used to be a dabster at that dish when I was in college.
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You could use a knuckle-dabster of fur or cloth to rest your hand on, but is was considered effeminate, and in the excitement you were apt to forget it, anyway.
Boy Life Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells
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No, I don't claim that, for I am not a genius; in fact, I am a very indifferent amateur, a slouchy dabster, a mere artistic sarcasm; but drunk or asleep I can beat those buccaneers.
Note
The word 'dab' is derived from 'dab' ('an expert') and the suffix '-ster'.
