dummie

plural dummies

1. rareRare spelling of dummy.

   ‘He can’t hear you though, sir, he’s a dummie.’ ‘A dummie, is it?’

   2017 October 3, Jane Harris, chapter 7, in Sugar Money: A Novel, London: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 38

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   In the inner coat pocket were found several cards, on which were written in ink, “Please give me a transfer,” “Please give me two tickets for Portchester,” and “I am a deaf-mute.” A pay envelope, containing $12 and addressed, “Dummie,” was found on him.

   1911 September 17, “Deserts Bride of Four Days; She Then Advertisers That Her Husband Is Dead”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Q: “Who owns the Central Library building in downtown L.A.?” Trevor was stumped. So was I. “Wrong,” the computer spat out. “His name is Arnold Schwartzenegger.^([sic]) You dummie.” I had Casey at last. Schwarzenegger has no t.

   1991 March 4, Jack Smith, “Matching Wits With a 12-Year-Old Computer Whiz”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2026

   When Rachel Maddow spotted her celebrity doppelgänger backstage at the “Friends for a Benefit” event on Sunday night, she let out a cry. “I could have worn my glasses!” she yelped. The two were about to share the stage for a Q&A.; “I didn’t know you had a beard. I was so worried it would be tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum. And I would be the dummie.”

   2010 September 2, Diana Scholl, “Rachel Maddow: ‘Glenn Beck Was My Favorite Person of All Time on Radio’”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2018

   I have a personal policy of never Francisplaining to others, (a) because I’m Jewish and (b) because that’s the single fastest way to end up looking like a dummie on the topic of this unpredictable and strong-willed pope.

   2015 September 24, Emma Green, “So Is the Pope a Democrat, or What?”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022