Daub (Mud dauber)

[Scot LaFaive]

>unless of course mispronounced by the awe-droppers

Argh.


On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> In bingo there is a wide-point  (3/4 inch diam) ink pen that is used to mark cards with one push.  It's usually called a dauber ~dauber, but I like calling it a dabber ~daber.  However it's not called a dobber ~daaber, which is a float attached to fishing line that bobs when fish bite (unless of course mispronounced by the awe-droppers).
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>> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 21:55:37 -0500
>> From: dwhause at JOBE.NET
>> Subject: Re: Daub (Mud dauber)
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>> I'm familiar with a wasp called a mud dauber (and that's the only definition
>> in the NOAD by my chair.) Where does a bird go by that name? Species?
>> Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
>> Waynesville, MO
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>> "Daub" includes dealing with liquids that way; but consider the bird called
>> a mud-dauber; it daubs a solid (tho somewhat moist) substance.
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