dum spiro, spero
[doo m spee-roh, spey-roh; English duhm spahy-roh, speer-oh]
- while I breathe, I hope: a motto of South Carolina.
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dum vivimus, vivamus
[doo m wee-wi-moo s, wi-wah-moo s; English duhm viv-i-muh s, vi-vey-muh s]
- while we are alive, let us live.
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Examples from the Web for dum
Contemporary Examples
The Senate will have to expedite its usual clock to do that, and that requires...dum da-dum...unanimous consent.
Historical Examples
And I'd just as soon be here, and a dum sight juster, as the feller said.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
They be dum good blokes, to give their money to a squatter, ain't they?
Tess of the Storm CountryGrace Miller White
During the present life he was hoping for it, "Dum Spiro, Spero."
Pa asked how much of this dum fooling there was, and said he was sorry he joined.
Peck's Bad Boy and His PaGeorge W. Peck
No, please let me wash,” begged Dum, “I adore sloshing in suds.
The Carter Girls' Week-End CampNell Speed