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hop-o'-my-thumbs

hop-o'-my-thumbs is the plural of hop-o'-my-thumb.

Meaning of hop-o'-my-thumb

Noun

hop-o'-my-thumb (plural hop-o'-my-thumbs)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A very small person or creature.
    • As to changing them for a pack of your little hop-o'-my-thumbs, no bigger than the one you lent me t'other night — ! suppose I should ask you to let me have the mare you rode to cover o'Thursday — and a clever mare she is, […] .1830, Uncredited (John Poole), The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Part 1: Original Papers, page 81

Questions about hop-o'-my-thumbs

What is hop-o'-my-thumbs the plural of?
Hop-o'-my-thumbs is the plural of hop-o'-my-thumb.

Words near hop-o'-my-thumbs in the dictionary

  1. hop, skip, and a jump
  2. hop, skip, and jump
  3. hop, step and jump
  4. hop-forward
  5. hop-o'-my-thumb
  6. hop-o'-my-thumbs
  7. hop-on hop-off
  8. Hop-tu-naa
  9. hopak
  10. hopaks
  11. hopane

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