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thumbed
(encz) | thumbed, adj: |
Thumbed
(gcide) | Thumbed \Thumbed\, a.
1. Having thumbs.
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2. Soiled by handling.
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Thumbed
(gcide) | Thumb \Thumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thumbing.]
1. To handle awkwardly. --Johnson.
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2. To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers;
as, to thumb over a tune.
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3. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or
wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the
thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
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He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had
been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him
have a few more packs. --Macaulay.
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thumbed
(wn) | thumbed
adj 1: (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by
frequent handling or turning; "well-thumbed pages of the
dictionary" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
thumbed
(encz) | thumbed, adj: |
thumbed
(wn) | thumbed
adj 1: (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by
frequent handling or turning; "well-thumbed pages of the
dictionary" |
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