dumdum
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dumdum
First recorded in 1895–1900; named after Dum-Dum, town in India where the bullets were made
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 Noah [pseud.] Lott
It has outlawed the dumdum bullet, it has enforced radical sanitary measures, it has neutralized the Red Cross and brought its ministrations to the relief of the sufferings of war.
From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Stephen Francis Weston
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