drabber

English

Etymology 1

From drab +‎ -er (relational noun suffix).

Noun

drabber (plural drabbers)

1. A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
   • 1990, Deborah Chase, The New Medically Based No-Nonsense Beauty Book, page 326:

     In one-step hair coloring products such as Miss Clairol, where you can combine different shades, you can add drabbers, which are ashy substances that minimize the red hues that exist in your hair.
     I well know him
     For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given,
     Before he spent his own estate , which was
     Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of,
     A hundred pound a leap

Etymology 2

From drab +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Noun

drabber (plural drabbers)

1. (obsolete) One who associates with drabs; a wencher.
   • 1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam

Etymology 3

From drab +‎ -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

drabber

1. comparative form of drab: more drab

References

• “drabber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.