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From dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”). A rhyming alteration of earlier dumb friend.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dumb chum
Today it means: A pet (animal companion). Full definition →
Today it means: A pet (animal companion). Full definition →
From dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”). A rhyming alteration of earlier dumb friend.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.