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Rummy’s Dummies

March 9, 2005

Rummy’s Dummies
 n.— «The sharpest blow to Rummy’s Dummies is a scene, shot long before the recent Rumsfeld press-conference debacle, wherein a gunner in mock-TV-news tones explains how safe he feels.» —“A Rap on War” by Tim Appelo Seattle Weekly (Wash.) Mar. 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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