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dumby

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alternative, rare Alternative form of dummy (“stupid person”). 1910, John McElroy (1846-1929), Si Klegg "Ketch what? Great grief, ketch what?" groaned Si. "They've already ketched everything in this mortal world that was ketchable. Now what are they goin' to ketch?" "Why, the smallpox, you dumby," said the Surgeon irritably. "Don't you know that we are terribly
archaic Archaic form of dummy (“hand shown to be played from by another player”).

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@misc{dumby_2026,
  title = {dumby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dumby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}