rum-dum

rum-dum
/rum"dum'/, Slang.
n.
1. a stupid or ignorant person.
2. drunkard; lush.
adj.
3. stupid; ignorant.
4. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or arising from habitual drunkenness; addled by drink.
Also, rum-dumb, rum-dumm.
[1890-95; rhyming compound with RUM1 and DUMB, perh. influenced in sense by HUMDRUM]

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