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dum-dum or dumb-dumb [duhm-duhm]Slang. EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a silly, stupid person. adjective typical of a dum-dum: another dum-dum idea. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of dum-dum apparently reduplication and respelling of dumb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for dum-dum Contemporary Examples of dum-dum
He talks about attending the Dum-Dum convention in August, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tarzan.
What Happened to Big-Screen Hunk Casper Van Dien?
Ramin Setoodeh
July 11, 2012
Should I email that dum-dum of a guy I know or just leave it in my draft folder?
Jessi Klein
October 15, 2008
Historical Examples of dum-dum
Even the dum-dum does not invariably “set up” on striking an object.
Bennet Burleigh
The bullet, fired at close range, had been almost as destructive as a dum-dum.
Percy F. Westerman
She carried a light, sporting .303, its magazine loaded with Dum-dum cartridges.
Bertram Mitford
I found a few hollow-nosed bullets, too, expanding like the Dum-Dum.
H. W. Nevinson
My gun was loaded with Dum-Dum bullets, specially prepared for bucks.
Dietlof Van Warmelo
