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Meanings of deaf mute in English

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Usage of deaf mute in English
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He hired a deaf mute who could only communicate with sign language.
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2
The first child was a deaf mute with very small intellectual powers.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04
3
He may be a deaf mute, as he represents himself to be.
On The Blockade
4
The book that perishes unread is the deaf mute of literature.
The Guardian Angel
5
It is impossible that a deaf mute could play like that.
Kilmeny of the Orchard
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What could he be to her, deaf mute that he was?
Cobwebs and Cables
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A man without writing is just like a deaf mute.
The Rise of David Levinsky
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I should have spoken if I'd been a deaf mute!
Still Jim
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Dave knew nothing about the examination to which Mr. Flint had subjected the deaf mute.
On The Blockade
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The second lieutenant's real name is Pawcett, and that of the deaf mute is Hungerford.
On The Blockade
11
Torture, the deaf -mute's suicide. And I made him a stutterer instead of a deaf mute.
Cabinet of Curiosities
12
He can speak when he is spoken to; but you are like a deaf mute!
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
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The deaf mute was nowhere to be found.
The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers
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Because when I auditioned for my high school musical they cast me as a deaf mute!
Reuters
15
And then in a flash it came to him-theman was a mute, possibly a deaf mute.
Tarzan of the Apes
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The deaf mute sits at my feet.
Julian
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