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Definition of Dumbfounders
1. dumbfounder [v] - See also: dumbfounder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbfounders
Literary usage of Dumbfounders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish by Horace Smith (1869)
"Dr. Parr was celebrated for the unsparing severity with which he could deal out
his dumbfounders, when the occasion justified their infliction. ..."
2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1881)
"Read it again ; it clean dumbfounders me ! Hand me my specs ; unless my own eyes
see The very words, I will be bold to doubt it, And even then I'll ha'e my ..."
3. The Underworld: The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by James C. Welsh (1920)
"He blinds you wi' sparks, an' fire-works, his words are that hot an' glowin',
an' he fair dumbfounders you wi' fine soundin' sentences an' lang words. ..."
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