Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. informal, firearms A soft point or hollow point bullet, designed to expand when it hits its target and therefore cause more serious damage.
Etymologies
- Named after the Dum Dum arsenal in Calcutta, India. (Wiktionary)
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
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bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 439 more...
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stripey's list
duties, swordfish,
snaggletooth, fuego, dilly dally, hootenanny, shenanigan, iditarod, pseudodictionary, malarkey, dum dum, kerfuffle, spiffy, perpetuity
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