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mummered

mummered is the simple past and past participle of mummer.

Meaning of mummer

Verb

mummer (third-person singular simple present mummers, present participle mummering, simple past and past participle mummered)

  1. Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).
    • There is a general agreement that niggering [blackface performance] took over from mummering to keep up the old custom.1976, Cake and Cockhorse, volume 7, page 220
    Synonyms:
    mum

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Questions about mummered

What is mummered the simple past and past participle of?
Mummered is the simple past and past participle of mummer.

Words near mummered in the dictionary

  1. Mumme
  2. mummed
  3. mummeite
  4. Mummel
  5. mummer
  6. mummered
  7. mummeries
  8. mummering
  9. mummerings
  10. mummers
  11. Mummerset

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