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dum⋅bo

[duhm-boh] noun, plural -bos, adjective Slang.
–noun
1. a stupid person: a class full of dumbos.
–adjective
2. stupid or foolish: What a dumbo idea!

Origin:
1955–60; dumb + -o
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dum·bo   (dŭm'bō)   
n.   pl. dum·bos Slang
A person regarded as stupid.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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dumbo [ˈdəmbo]

  1. n.
    a stupid oaf. (Also a rude term of address.) : Say, dumbo, could you move out of the way?
  2. n.
    someone with large ears. (Also a rude term of address. The name of a cartoon character elephant whose ears were large enough to fly with.) : Wow, look at that dumbo with size twenty ears!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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