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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. Same as deaf-mute.

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  • adjective Being deaf and not knowing how to speak. Usually physically able to speak.
  • noun Cockney rhyming slang bum (behind, bottom).

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