dab hand

NOUN

expert

Synonyms

WEAK

ace authority connoisseur dab master professional proficient specialist whiz wizard

Example Sentences

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Gregg T. Daniel, a dab hand with August Wilson’s ensemble dramas, directs this Southern California premiere at the Odyssey Theatre.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

Harry also writes about the Duke of Edinburgh's love of barbeques at Balmoral and how he was a dab hand at making spaghetti bolognese on the coals.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023

A French prime minister should be loyal, content at lingering in their boss’s shadow and a dab hand with the country’s mille-feuille bureaucracy.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022

“He’s definitely a dab hand at the barbecue … I can safely say there’s never been a case of food poisoning in the family that’s attributed to the Duke of Edinburgh.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2021

But Everett was well qualified: universally revered, and a dab hand at battlefields, he’d already played Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith