Well attestedNamed from the place
dumdum
noun · first attested 19th century
The bullet is named for an arsenal near Kolkata.
An expanding bullet that deforms on impact.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Dum Dum
- In English
dumdum
The round was developed at the Dum Dum arsenal in the 1890s. It was prohibited for international warfare soon afterwards.
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