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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1588-1629, 1681
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Dummy, n. Also: dummye, -ie, dumbie. [f. Dum a.] A dumb person.1588 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 102.
To be dummye coit and breikis thrie elnis … of reid inglis stemming 1588 Ib. 105.
To dummy to by him a garmont of claithis 1629 Boyd Last B. 392.
All men are lyers, but Dummie cannot lye 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. ii. 22.
In the end these furious cryers Stood silent like observant friars, Or like to dumbies making signs
