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dumdum

[duhm-duhm] / ˈdʌmˌdʌm /




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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

March 8—British charge that German dumdum bullets were found after a recent battle in Egypt.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

The department has received no other complaints of alleged sales of dumdum bullets by American citizens to belligerent Governments.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various




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