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Definition of Dabbers
1. dabber [n] - See also: dabber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabbers
Literary usage of Dabbers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Iron Foundry Practice by George Robert Bale (1902)
"185 and 186, cast with one face studded with dabbers, is clay-washed, coated with
loam, and bedded on a '' boss " B, fig. 186, made to resemble the valve ..."
2. Gutenberg, and the Art of Printing by Emily Clemens Pearson (1871)
"Until a comparatively recent period, no better method of inking the type had been
devised than Gutenberg's sheep-skin dabbers, or stamping balls. ..."
3. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"The purpose of these dabbers is to distribute the effect of the grating into all
... Cast Core Iron with dabbers. the core. The latter also determines the ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1879)
"dabbers [dab'uurz], s. a game played by children with small round flint stones.
(Oxford, Dibs.) Dabber, s. a stone with which the game of dabbers is played. ..."
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