(dated) A silent person; a person who does not talk.
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The man's name […] was engraved in the centre, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message.I am a deaf-mute, but I read the lips and understand what is said to me. Please do not shout. […] Singer looked very carefully at his lips when he spoke—he had noticed that before. But a dummy!
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1940, Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter: