dab hand
dab
dabster dialect

He still was a dab hand, his brother officers said.

"Used to be a dab hand at taking and driving away."

Would one more dab hand with the dish turn things in their favor?

I'm a dab hand at a lot of things.

Football has long been a dab hand at making fools of us all.

He is also a dab hand at the short story, as this, his third collection, attests.

Quite a dab hand at the washing up at the moment.

He has a lot of sailing experience and more importantly is a dab hand with engines.

And she should know, she was a bloody dab hand at it.

They'll still be up and about and they're dab hands at the underground stuff.

He has the same insatiable urge to know, and he's a dab hand at finding out, too.

However, they might be a dab hand at needlework or crochet.

Unless of course, you're a dab hand at water divining - something I've not attempted yet!

I joked that he must be a dab hand at sailing," she said.

She was a dab hand at lying-ins, though I wasn't supposed to know such things.

The Spanish, meanwhile, are dab hands with the pomade pot.

He said, to her surprise, "I'm a dab hand at sandwiches.

"Takes a dab hand," Mallory said, handing the page to the journalist.

Dab hand on the violin and speaker of ten tongues?'

Watched his antics on the television monitor - he's a dab hand with pyrotechnics.

"Something worthwhile for me to do, then; it's no dab hand at the bow I make, not next to these lads."

Silko is a dab hand at flood, fire and hurricane.

Me auntie was always a dab hand at baking."

'Well, I'm a dab hand with the old hammer and nails.

But she was right handy with a cook pot and a dab hand with a needle.

Not just a dab of red here and there but the whole works.

I put a dab of green just to show where the box was.

He turned to Dab, who had been quiet all this time.

The other difference, and by far the more significant one, was the presence of Dab.

Sometimes a small dab would do, other times a 15-minute soak was needed.

A dab of purple on each person's face might bring my world back to life.

He said women should need wait only five or 10 minutes for a dab of the cream to take effect.

Frances gave a final dab, and got up with decision.

It's time she was married, and your mother seems, from what I hear, to be quite a dab in that line.

The mayor's speech had a dab of something for everyone.

A white dab of light was growing swiftly, coming toward them.

Add a dab of glue to hold it in place.

Maybe all it needs is a dab of penetrating oil.

Just a dab of lilt was back in his voice.

There was absolutely nothing about this dab of a girl to interest him, so why had he taken her out to lunch?

"Remember how I said we could walk smack dab into a wall and not know it?"

Lara brought up his hundred with a dab to third man.

Perhaps a dab on his tongue would be enough to settle him down.

Always giving orders, with never a kind word or a dab of affection.

She'd powdered her face and put on a dab of lipstick.

It was right smack dab in the middle of his forehead.

Serve a small dab over each individual oyster on the half shell.

With a dab of luck, you thought, that could be me someday.

She added a dab of cream to her coffee, hardly enough to change the color.

A dab under each nostril would be very welcome right now.

I never saw such a dabster as you are.

No, I don't claim that, for I am not a genius; in fact, I am a very indifferent amateur, a slouchy dabster, a mere artistic sarcasm; but drunk or asleep I can beat those buccaneers."