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rum-dum

or rum-dumm

[ ruhm-duhm ]

noun

Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a stupid or ignorant person.
  2. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.

adjective

  2. of, related to, or arising from habitual drunkenness; addled by intoxicating drinks.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of rum-dum1

First recorded in 1890–95; rhyming compound with rum 1 and dumb, perhaps influenced in sense by humdrum
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Example Sentences

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It was just a simple, basic rhythm—DRUM-dum, RUM- dum, DRUM-bop-bop; DRUM-dum, RUM-dum, DRUM-bop- bop—over and over again.

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Stams was told that Barry Alvarez, the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, raised his hand and said, “I’ll take the rum-dum.â€

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He wasn't much of a man—Ben Cameron—weak-eyed, rum-dum—poor too.

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