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Paul Muldoon: Critical Essays
context without showing some difference of meaning':50 She was such a dab
hand, my mother. Such a dab hand at raising her hand to a child. At bringing a
cane down across my hand in such a seemingly off-hand manner I almost have
to ...
Tim Kendall, Peter McDonald,
2004
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Trauma, Dissociation and Multiplicity: Working on Identity ...
So instead of saying she was Bad all the time they said she was a Dab hand at
everything she did when she tried her best.' `And they do,' said Dania
wonderingly. `And they are not lying people. When they say she is a dab hand at
something ...
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
2 A dab of a substance is a small amount applied to a surface: The doors need a
dab of paint, [same as touch] o phrase (informal) Someone who is a dab hand at
doing something is very good at it: You're certainly a dab hand at onion soup.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. Yorkshire dabs doon, immediate payment (EDD). dab hand. An adept or
expert; a frequent C.20 form of dab, n., 1, gen. with at; in or on: coll. Cf. also dab,
adj., 1. dab in, have a, v.i. To have a 'go': late C.19-20. ]. Milne, The Epistles of
Atkins, ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Hence (1) Dabach, (2) Dab-hand, (3) Dabster, $6. a clever workman, an ex rt in
any business. (1) Abd. He's nae great d ach at coontin' (G.W.). (a) I'an thn.“ ' A
dabhand at a table,' a good trencherman. I.Ykn. He's a. rare dab hand at his wahk
, ...
... noun [C] Kdab Lhand noun [C] uk informal someone who is very good at a
particular activity: Binns was a dab hand at cricket and played for his county in his
youth. * Carlo'sa dab hand in the kitchen (= good at cooking),isn'the? dachshund
...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
dab. hand. noun he's a dab hand at rustling up a sandwich. See old hand.
daemon. noun inspiring force, genius, numen, demon; tutelary spirit, familiar spirit
, attendant spirit; Latin genius loci. daft. adjective Brit. informal 1 that's a daft idea:
...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
MOVE IN waterO 2 [T] to put part of your body, such as your hand or foot, into the
water of a pool or stream, etc. and move it about • dabbler /'daeb.la'/ ® /-la-/ noun
[C] dab 'hand noun [C] uk informal someone who is very good at a particular ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
1 5c: from French dabbe. dab3 e» noun (usually a dab hand at or with something
) an expert. © 1 7c as dab; 1 9c as dab hand. dabble /'datral/ o verb (dabbled,
dabbling) 1 trdl intrta move or shake (one's hand, foot, etc) about in water, ...
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Dictionary of Homonyms
But the dab is also a species of small flat-fish, and it is also possible for a person
to be a dab hand at something or other. If you are a dab hand at finding
information on the Internet, then you are skilled at that activity and can often find
things ...
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