dumdum

Example Sentences

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Here comes the dumdum who had no idea what we were saying.

From Time • Oct. 11, 2016

Rowan is still the smart one, and Martin is correctly addressed as a dingaling, a dumdum and a dodo.

From Time Magazine Archive

He’d heard the word so often—mostly from Maria—he’d thought it was only a swear word, like dumdum or cootie face.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

A product of modern society who has for her motto "Dimuendo contralto dumdum," which means, "She who cooks and runs away will live to cook another day."

From The Silly Syclopedia by Lott, Noah [pseud.]

The stories of the effects of the Throg's dumdum weapon were anything but pretty.

From Storm Over Warlock by Norton, Andre