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fashing one's thumb

fashing one's thumb is the present participle and gerund of fash one's thumb.

Meaning of fash one's thumb

Verb

fash one's thumb (third-person singular simple present fashes one's thumb, present participle fashing one's thumb, simple past and past participle fashed one's thumb)

  1. (Scotland, dated, idiomatic) To bother oneself; to worry about something.
    • As soon as Balquherrie got his turn served, away he went and never fashed his thumb about his debt, that he knew would beggar honest folk.1871, Charles Gibbon, For lack of gold, page 36

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What is fashing one's thumb the present participle and gerund of?
Fashing one's thumb is the present participle and gerund of fash one's thumb.

Words near fashing one's thumb in the dictionary

  1. fashier
  2. fashies
  3. fashiest
  4. fashin
  5. fashing
  6. fashing one's thumb
  7. fashion
  8. fashion contest
  9. fashion contests
  10. fashion design
  11. fashion designer

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