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Deaf as a post   /dɛf æz ə poʊst/   Listen
Deaf as a post

adjective
1.
Totally deaf; unable to hear anything.  Synonyms: profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, unhearing.





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"Deaf as a post" Quotes from Famous Books



... his pockets and produced the bit of pasteboard. "His name is King." "Not Bob King?" shouted a dozen in one breath. "Yes, gentlemen; Robert King—that is the way the card reads," was the proud reply. A roar of laughter followed. "Why, Governor, Bob King is as deaf as a post; he was ...
— Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb • W. R. Roe


Words linked to "Deaf as a post" :   deaf, stone-deaf


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