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rum-dum

or rum-dumb, rum-dumm

[ruhm-duhm]Slang.

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noun

a stupid or ignorant person.

drunkard; lush.

adjective

stupid; ignorant.

of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or arising from habitual drunkenness; addled by drink.

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Origin of rum-dum

1890–95; rhyming compound with rum¹ and dumb, perhaps influenced in sense by humdrum

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Historical Examples of rum-dum

He wasn't much of a man—Ben Cameron—weak-eyed, rum-dum—poor too.
The Vagrant Duke
George Gibbs