Dumb-waiter

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• Dumb

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• Dumb

  From natural infirmity (Ex. 4:11); not knowing what to say (Prov. 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps....

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• dumb glutton

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• dumb watch

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• dumb-founded

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• dumb-chalder

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• dumb-cleat

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• dumb-craft

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• dumb-pintle

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• dumb-scraping

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