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dabbler|ˈdæblə(r)|
[f. dabble v. + -er1.]
1. One who dabbles, esp. in any business or pursuit.
1611Cotgr., Patouillard, a padler, dabler, slabberer; one that tramples with his feet in plashes of durtie water. a1625Fletcher Elder Bro. ii. ii, A little unbaked poetry Such as the dabblers of our time contrive. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 7 Your dabblers in metaphysics are the most dangerous creatures breathing. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) III. xi. 72 A dabbler in arts and sciences.
†2. (See quot.) Obs.
1611Cotgr., Papefif, the maine course; that part of the maine-sayle whereto the bonnets, or dablers be fastened. |