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Dumʹmy

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In three-handed whist the exposed hand is called dummy.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Dumb-barge (A)
Dumb-bell Nebula (The)
Dumb-bells
Dumb-bells
Dumb-bidding
Dumb-cow (To)
Dumb Crambo
Dumb Dog (A)
Dumb Ox of Cologne (The)
Dumb-waiter
Dummy
Dummies
Dump
Dumps
Dun
Dun Cow
Dun in the Mire
Dunce
Dunciad
Dunderhead
Dundreary (Lord)