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Dummy   /dˈəmi/   Listen
noun
Dummy  n.  (pl. dummies)  
1.
One who is dumb.
2.
A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
3.
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.
4.
(Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
5.
An ignorant or thick-witted person; a foolish person; a dolt.
Synonyms: dope, boob, booby, pinhead, dumbbell.
6.
(Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
7.
(Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
8.
A floating barge connected with a pier.
To play dummy, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.


adjective
Dummy  adj.  
1.
Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
2.
Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
Dummy car. See under Car.





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"Dummy" Quotes from Famous Books



... with triumph at the sight of Claire's lengthening jaw. In truth there seemed something uncanny in so accurate a reproduction of Mrs Fanshawe's description. Was there, indeed, no such person? Did she exist purely as a dummy figure, to be dangled before the eyes of credulous beginners? Claire sighed, and buried her last lingering hope; and at that very moment the postman's rap sounded at the door, and a square white envelope was handed in, addressed in feminine ...
— The Independence of Claire • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
... cheerful little Belgian army. I am aware that it is less pleasant than knitting. It cannot be taken to lectures or musicales. One cannot make jam between the courses of a luncheon or a dinner party, or during the dummy hand at bridge. But the men have so little—unsweetened coffee and black bread for breakfast; a stew of meat and vegetables at mid-day, taken to them, when it can be taken, but carried miles from where it is cooked, and usually cold. They pour off the cold ...
— Kings, Queens And Pawns - An American Woman at the Front • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... taken him just five years to make the big time. Five years of road shows, coast-to-coast tours, one-night stands and a dummy named Spud to make him the hottest ventriloquist in the business. His act was tight, well-paced and popular. He had a weekly radio show, a television program and a seven-year contract with a major Hollywood studio. He was ...
— The Second Voice • Mann Rubin
... first taught to simulate loading and firing; after a few lessons dummy cartridges may be used. Later, blank cartridges ...
— Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 - Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) • United States War Department
... a born bachelor," she declared. "Why, he'd sooner walk a mile out of his way any day than meet a woman. He's been like it ever since he was a boy. When I was a girl and brought friends of mine home to tea, Peter would sit like a stuffed dummy and never say ...
— Salthaven • W. W. Jacobs


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