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Definition of Dumbs
1. dumb [v] - See also: dumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbs
Literary usage of Dumbs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1872)
"... and dumbs would have eaten their own tongues.' ' What do you mean ? ...
and dumbs, and cured their tongues and taught them to speak justly and ..."
2. The Millennium of Hungary and Its People by József Jekelfalussy (1897)
"... and dumbs must be mentioned. The most important and eldest is that of ...
and dumbs admits 83 pupils of not exclusively Jewish religion. ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"The orig. sense seems to have been 'stupid,' and perhaps Goth, dumbs is allied
to Goth. daubs, deaf; see Deaf. Der. dumm-y ( = dumb-y). ..."
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