2. Verb. (third-person singular of thumb) ¹
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Definition of Thumbs
1. thumb [v] - See also: thumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thumbs
Literary usage of Thumbs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1900)
"It was at Rome a signification of favor to depress and clap in the thumbs, and
of disfavor to elevate and thrust them outward. The Romans exempted from war ..."
2. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"OF thumbs AND POLTROONS Complete. TACITUS reports that amongst certain barbarian
kings, their manner was, when they would make a firm obligation, ..."
3. A Few Chapters in Workshop Re-construction and Citizenship by Charles Robert Ashbee (1894)
"THE HONEST ENDEAVOUR OF TIMOTHY thumbs, TEACHER AND HUMANIST. ... I want, in this
chapter, to tell you a little of what Timothy thumbs does in the way of ..."
4. A Few Chapters in Workshop Re-construction and Citizenship by Charles Robert Ashbee (1894)
"Timothy thumbs is my very dear friend, and I owe him much. ... I want, in this
chapter, to tell you a little of what Timothy thumbs does in the way of ..."
5. The History of America by William Robertson (1822)
"11. he eut off the hands of seven, and thumbs of some more. Dee. ii. lib. ii. e.
ft, De Soils relates, that the hands nf fourteen or fifteen were eut off, ..."
6. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
"The leader says, "Simon says, 'thumbs up," " (down, wiggle-waggle, or any movement),
at the same time turning his thumbs as he says, and is followed by all ..."
7. Arboreal Man by Frederic Wood Jones (1916)
"CHAPTER XII thumbs AND BIG TOES So far, we have, in considering the question of
the development of the grasp, dealt only with the power of (1) adapting the ..."
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