Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is summed up by Winter in one of the later novels as "dogged by a reputation as a weirdo loner with a passion for birdwatching and a deaf-and-dumb son".
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We get dem all da time from da deaf-and-dumb school.
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To get quite specific, if I were the agency for Wal-Mart – which Edelman is – I would have fired them or as an employee, I would have quit after so many of the deaf-and-dumb things that company has done to harm its relationship with its public.
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At the risk of leaving his coat behind him, or tearing deep scratches in his back, he got through the hedge when the so-called Miss Fanny and her pretended deaf-and-dumb maid were at the other end of the path; then, when they had come within twenty yards of him without seeing him, for he was in the shadow of the hedge, and the moon was shining brightly, he suddenly rose.
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Looking up and seeing me, he says, in our deaf-and-dumb talk, “Do not be angry.”
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This may be a reason why Sophy, with her deaf-and-dumb child in her arms, seemed to stand silent by me all through my nap.
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At the risk of leaving his coat behind him, or tearing deep scratches in his back, he got through the hedge when the so-called Miss Fanny and her pretended deaf-and-dumb maid were at the other end of the path; then, when they had come within twenty yards of him without seeing him, for he was in the shadow of the hedge, and the moon was shining brightly, he suddenly rose.
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This may be a reason why Sophy, with her deaf-and-dumb child in her arms, seemed to stand silent by me all through my nap.
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Looking up and seeing me, he says, in our deaf-and-dumb talk, “Do not be angry.”
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“If he was in this house when Mother lived here, he must have been deaf-and-dumb for sure—also a big fan of horror stories.”
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