dumdum
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dumdum /ˈdʌmdʌm/ (also dumdum bullet)
▶noun a kind of soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact and inflicts laceration.
– origin C19: from Dum Dum, a town and arsenal near Calcutta, India, where they were first produced.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dum-dum
▶noun informal a stupid person.
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