deaf
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They seem to be part of the subways of New York City, walking meekly up and down the cars, handing out pens and key chains, along with frayed business-size cards that read I AM DEAF.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not so: others may be DEAF; but the novelist has a loud, eloquent, instructive language, though his enemies may despise or deny it ever so much.
From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace
In the anecdote entitled "DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, AND LAME," the character is named once as David and once as John in the original text.
From Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb by Roe, W. R. (William Robert)
Dunny, in the provincial dialect of several counties, signifies DEAF; to dun, then, perhaps may mean to deafen with importunate demands: some derive it from the word DONNEZ, which signifies GIVE.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
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