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dab

noun as in small quantity

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verb as in blot up; touch lightly

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Then he has the audacity to use my grandmother’s dashiki to dab his mouth before collapsing in bliss.

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Penelope whipped out a pocket handkerchief and dabbed the snow off the envelope.

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Miss Mortimer dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief.

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She dabbed her eyes with the corner of her napkin.

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How a squirrel ended up smack dab in the middle of the dance floor was unknown.

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