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1  [muhm]
Use mums the word in a Sentence
–adjective
1. silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
–interjection
2. say nothing! be silent!
—Idiom
3. mum's the word, do not reveal what you know (about something); keep silent: Mum's the word, or the surprise party won't be a surprise.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME momme; imit.
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mum  (n.2)
1823, pet word for "mother," short for mummy. In British sociology, used from 1957 in ref. to "the working class mother as an influence in the lives of her children."
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