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thumbed, a.|θʌmd|
[f. thumb n. and v. + -ed.]
1. adj. Provided with or having thumbs (of a certain kind); chiefly in comb. as black-thumbed.
a1529Skelton E. Rumming 41 A man would haue pytty To se how she is gumbed, Fyngered and thumbed. 1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 421 The Knight of Greece..With whom his black-thumb'd Ancestor Was Comerade.
2. ppl. a. Of a book or the like: Having the pages soiled or worn by the thumbs of readers; showing signs of much use. Often preceded by an adverb, as little thumbed, much thumbed, well-thumbed.
a1800S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1803) 232 Our old thumbed friend, Littleton's dictionary tells us [etc.]. 1837Lockhart Scott xxv, He produced a well-thumbed copy. 1883Symonds Shaks. Predec. vii. (1900) 197 They [plays] perished in thumbed MSS{ddd}before arriving at the honours of the press. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped xxiii, An old, thumbed, greasy pack of cards. |
