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Definition of Dumbed
1. dumb [v] - See also: dumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbed
Literary usage of Dumbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"'"Yes, I do ; and do it dumbed quick, if ye can't show a proper respect to ...
There 'll be more sport in a few days, when I take the dumbed thing away. ..."
2. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"dumbed if I wouldn't agree to ride in the steeple and ring the bell, ... dumbed if
ye a'n't all a set of со»- arde,' says he. 'I'll go up myself. ..."
3. Greatest Short Stories (1915)
"There'll be more sport in a few days, when I take the dumbed thing away.' (The
dumbed thing was the meeting-house.) 'I invite ye all to see the show. ..."
4. A Child-world by James Whitcomb Riley (1896)
"But th' Little Boy dumbed higher up, he did— He dumbed lots higher—an' on up
higher—an' higher An' higher—tel he ist can't climb no higher, ..."
5. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"When that feller trod on his hand, he up an' sed that he was willin' t' give his
hand t' his country, but he be dumbed if he was goin' t' have every dumb ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"The rush of a great emotion almost dumbed him. He started to hold out his hands
to her but gripped them firmly at his sides. "Then we can save them," he ..."
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