What does deaf and dumb mean?

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deaf and dumb

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

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adj

Deaf and not able to speak; hearing-and-speech-impaired.

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noun

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deaf-and-dumb (alternative) deaf and dumbs (plural)

deaf-and-dumb alphabet

deaf-mute

What does deaf and dumb mean?: Deaf and not able to speak; hearing-and-speech-impaired.

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