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dum-dum

[duhm-duhm] Slang.
–noun
1. a silly, stupid person.
–adjective
2. typical of a dum-dum: another dum-dum idea.


Origin:
appar. redupl. and resp. of dumb
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dum-dum   (dŭm'dŭm')   
n.   Slang
A stupid person; a dolt.

[Reduplication and alteration of dumb.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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dumb-dumb

and dum-dum
  1. n.
    a stupid oaf; a dullard. : Marvin is no dum-dum. He just looks that way.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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