dumb chum in English

Forms: dumb chums [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”). A rhyming alteration of earlier dumb friend. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dumb|chum|t1=incapable of speech|t2=friend, pal}} dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”), {{m|en|dumb friend}} dumb friend Head templates: {{en-noun}} dumb chum (plural dumb chums)

Inflected forms

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        "A pet (animal companion)."
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        "(informal) A pet (animal companion)."
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"dumb chum" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms