ˈslubberer
[f. slubber v.]
One who works hastily and carelessly. Also with over.
| 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Brouilleur,..a tumbler togither, a slubberer. a 1591 H. Smith Wks. (1866) I. 444 The physician which doth but almost cure, is but a slubberer. 1611 Cotgr., Boiffeur, a bungler vp, or slubberer ouer, of things in hast. 1638 A. Read Chirurg. ix. 62 By want of this [neatness] a slubberer and sloven is discerned from a cleanly workman. 1649 W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 42 Idle Practitioners and Slothfull impatient Slubberers. |