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dab
noun- a fingerprint UK, 1926
Police jargon, in everyday use, usually in the plural. - Hope he doesn’t lamp [see] my dabs in the dust on the bottle. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 119, 1962
- [T]he maniac that had done for him left nothing but his dabs all over the cashier’s box[.] — Troy Kennedy Martin, Z Cars, 1962
- The handwriting on the application form was clearer evidence of his presence than any finger dabs. — Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio, p. 108, 1972
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 43, 1996
- [W]e wanted to get away before he takes our dabs and rats [informs] to the soshe [Social Security, a UK government agency]. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 28, 1999
- a moistened finger-tip covered in powdered amphetamine UK
Possibly, and then only partly inspired, as a nostalgic reference to a children’s sweet, the Sherbert Dib Dab, a lolly dipped into a powdered sugar confection. - It ain’t no secret that I indulge in the odd dab myself. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 5, 2000
- in rugby, a short, darting run with the ball NEW ZEALAND
- An audacious dab by Mill surprised Southland and Stringfellow cut past to score halfway out. — Gordon Slatter, On the Ball, p. 110, 1970
- in cricket, a batsman’s stroke that deflects the ball gently behind the wicket UK, 1969
- — Michael Rundell, The Dictionary of Cricket, p. 59, 1985
- — Keith Foley, A Dictionary of Cricketing Terminology, p. 95, 1998
- a criminal charge; a prison disciplinary charge UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 82, 1996
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