English Explanatory Dictionary

dumb chum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pet (animal companion).

Word forms

dumb chum dumb chums

Etymology

From dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”). A rhyming alteration of earlier dumb friend.

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