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Dab hands

>An expert or skilled person
>One skilful at
>Someone incredibly skilled at a task
The noun phrase a dab hand is usually followed by “at.”

Dab hand apparently originated as Yorkshire dialect pre-1800 but didn’t become widely used in Britain until the 1950s.

Example

>She is dab hand at south indian cooking
>I am a dab hand in touch typing on a computer keyboard more than on a mobile phone.

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