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dummy

/ˈdʌmi/ adverb C2
  1. Extremely. (US, slang) · It's dummy hot outside.
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“Am I such a farcical bungler, Watson, that I should erect an obvious dummy, and expect that some of the sharpest men in Europe would be deceived by it?
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · C1
Hudson, who beamed upon us both as we entered—the other, the strange dummy which had played so important a part in the evening’s adventures.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 27 · C1
“Why, it’s a dummy,” said he.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 57 · B2
“They seem to have been of a most interesting character—dummy bell-ropes, and ventilators which do not ventilate.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 58 · B2

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