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stone deaf

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stone-deaf

[stohn-def]
–adjective
totally deaf.

Origin:
1830–40; stone + deaf
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Main Entry: stone–deaf
Pronunciation: -'def
Function: adjective
: totally deaf
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

stone deaf

Totally unable to hear, as in Poor Grandpa, in the last year he's become stone deaf. [First half of 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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