Definition of "dabster" [dab•ster]

• An expert, one who is master of their profession. (noun)
• A handy person. (noun)
• A dabbler or bungler. (noun)

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• "The best kind of a "dabster" is made from a mole's skin."
• "Can a more triumphant imbecile, a more abject dabster, a more stercoraceous bourgeois be found!"
• "That Purdy, of all people, should prove a dabster in the share-market! — exchange to such good purpose bar-parlour for “Corner.”"