dum, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang (original) (raw)
dum adj.
also dumb
[dum adv.; ult. euph. for damn adj.]
a general intensifier, great.
| 1870 |  |
A. Whitney We Girls xci n.p.: ‘It’s a dumb shame!’ said Aunt Trixie [DA]. |
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| 1911 | |
H. Quick Yellowstone Nights 104: A fellow makes a dumb fool of himself such times [DA]. |
| 1923 | ![[US]](https://greensdictofslang.com/static/img/flags/us.png) |
H.C. Witwer Fighting Blood 29: Its only by dumb luck that I don’t run the flivver right into the hedge. |
| 1929 | |
E. Dahlberg Bottom Dogs 228: Why the dumb bitchin’ hell didn’t yer wake me. |