What does dirt-dauber mean?
Dirt-dauber means (obsolete) A common labourer who makes mud walls..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A common labourer who makes mud walls..
If […] that I am a younger brother, basely born […], of mean parentage, a dirt-dauber’s son, “am I therefore to be blamed?”
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Dirt-dauber means (obsolete) A common labourer who makes mud walls..
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If […] that I am a younger brother, basely born […], of mean parentage, a dirt-dauber’s son, “am I therefore to be blamed?”
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