THUMB
ADJECTIVES
► MURCOUS lacking a thumb → 1684 obs.
► POLLICAR relating to a thumb or toe → 1656 obs.
NOUNS
► HARRY WIBEL the thumb → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEEL OF THE HAND the ball of the thumb or the back part of the inside of the hand → 1848 Eng. dial.
► MONS the rounded fleshy part on the palm at the base of a finger, or the ball of the thumb → 1637 palmistry usage, obs.
► STRONG the thumb → 1300 obs.
► THUMB-BALL the ball of the thumb → 1821
► THUMB-FINGER the thumb → 1856 Eng. dial.
► THUMBY ► THUMMIE ► THUMMY a little thumb → 1811 colloq.
► THUMPER the thumb → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOM THUMB the thumb → 1972 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SUCK-A-THUMB a child that sucks its thumb → 1800
► SUCK-THUMB a child that sucks its thumb → 1890
VERBS
► QUIDDLE to suck the thumb, as a child does → 19C Eng. dial.
► THRIMBLE to twist or twiddle the thumbs round each other with the fingers clasped → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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