Thumber
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thumber is a noun meaning One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
Meaning
One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
More Meanings
- One who thumbs a lift; a hitchhiker.
Example Sentences
Dylan Thomas was another thesaurus thumber, and in his work too the words it supplied were not always improvements.
Several months ago every city and many of the towns in which we operate were flooded with a cartoon flyer warning autoists of the legal risks involved in picking up thumbers.
Word Forms
- thumbers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thumby, thumbkin, thimble, thumbikins, thumb, thrummer.
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