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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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