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dummy

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1. dummy - Noun

2. dummy - Adjective

3. dummy - Verb

4. dummy - Adverb

5. dummy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.

One who is dumb.

A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.

An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.

One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.

A thick-witted person; a dolt.

A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.

The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.

A floating barge connected with a pier.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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"I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane's name on it," I say. Suzanne Collins

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture. Ezra Pound

I like a bush. A nice big, hairy, stinky, smelly fucking bush. And I hate when they put cologne on it. They dummy it up with cologne like you don't know where you are. I like that nice natural scent of salmon. Andrew Dice Clay

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton

I was a dummy in school. Alan Ladd

It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy. Alexander Theroux

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