dauberydaubryn.
/ˈdɔːbəri//ˈdɔːbri/ The practice of daubing; the specious or coarse work of a dauber.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > painting badly or carelessly > work
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1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 9 To patche vp that dauberye of the deuyll, their vowed wyuelesse and husbandelesse chastyte.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 163 She workes by Charmes, by Spels, by th'Figure, & such dawbry as this is. View more context for this quotation
1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. xxii. 123 We should have a graceful embroidery, not a daubery in expression.
1830 Fraser's Mag. 2 114 He..could colour either side of any question brought before him with gay daubery.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Daubery..applause doubtfully deserved; cajolery; the purport of an inflated announcement.
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