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- noun Plural form of
daub . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
daub .
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Examples
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If they didn't understand why anyone would pay what they did for Uncle Sebastian's "daubs," they recognized the skill and admired his repainted sign for the village pub, which was, almost inevitably, called "The Red Lion."
The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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One's prior expectations to the contrary, only a few of the paintings assembled at Gagosian are outright failures, and only a small handful can be termed daubs ” alas the only word befitting a pair of weak profiles entitled Le peintre au XVIIème siècle and Peintre au visage vert, both of 1967.
The Late Show Filler, Martin 2009
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Artists are spreading "daubs" on canvas who should be whitewashing board fences.
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
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"I love it, and papa has money enough to let me paint 'daubs' as long as I like.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories Robert Herrick 1903
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To an extent, loose daubs of paint replace or echo some of the encrusted jewels, but that's about it -- and I still like them.
Paul Klein: The Opening of Chicago's Fall Art Season Paul Klein 2011
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Like notes dancing across sheets of music, the black daubs of paint play across the background striations of paint.
Amy Bernays: The Language of Long Lingering Looks Amy Bernays 2010
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Too heavily concealed behind daubs of prose and a facade of "psychological realism"?
Narrative Strategies 2009
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Like notes dancing across sheets of music, the black daubs of paint play across the background striations of paint.
Amy Bernays: The Language of Long Lingering Looks Amy Bernays 2010
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How can daubs of color smeared on a square of canvas three centuries ago lift our spirits?
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Across wordless matte pages for children ages 2-5, Mr. Raschka uses daubs and wiggles of watercolor, gouache and ink to show a small gray dog's rapturous relationship with a red rubber ball.
A Prize Winner With a Poignant Sense of Loss Meghan Cox Gurdon 2012
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