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dabble (v.)
1550s, probably a frequentative of
dab
. Original meaning was "wet by splashing;" modern figurative sense of "do superficially" first recorded 1620s. Related:
Dabbled
;
dabbling
. An Ellen
Dablewife
is in the Lancashire Inquests from 1336.
