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ˈdirt-dauber
†1. One who daubs or plasters with dirt or mud; a maker of cob-walls; also, a term of abuse. Obs.
c1515Cock Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 5 Here is..partycke peuysshe a conynge dyrte dauber, Worshypfull wardayn of slouens In. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 532/1 A man would thinke him some dirtdaubers sonne. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Jacke-a-Lent Wks. i. 115/2 Vntyling houses..to..the profit of Plaisterers, and Dirtdawbers, the game of Glasiers, Joyners, Carpenters, Tylers and Bricklayers. 1647Trapp Comm. Epistles 472 These are the devils dirt-dawbers, that teach such doctrine.
2. A species of sand-wasp; = dauber 4.
1844Gosse in Zoologist II. 582 These were the nests of dirt-daubers. |