dabbler
Example Sentences
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David Byrne came from Baltimore by way of Scotland, a socially awkward dabbler in conceptualist experiments with photography and a veteran of various mediocre cover bands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
As much as a handyperson is a dabbler of all trades, don’t expect the handyperson you hired for one project to be perfect for another.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
I consider myself a bit of a dabbler — always willing to learn about something or try something new, and then I dive deep into the rabbit hole with certain stuff.
From The Verge ● Jan. 27, 2022
Laurie Anderson could be considered a modern Renaissance woman but she would humbly say that she's "just a dabbler and a tinkerer".
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
Such subjects as music, drawing, cooking, housekeeping, wood-carving, nursing, needlework, when they are studied at all, are studied more professionally and thoroughly and intelligently, and less in the spirit of the amateur and dabbler.
From Three Addresses to Girls at School by Wilson, J. M. (James Maurice)
