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miller's thumb

miller's thumb noun: the European bullhead (“a species of fish, Cottus gobio”).

Noun

miller's thumb (plural miller's thumbs)

  1. The European bullhead (“a species of fish, Cottus gobio”).
    • [I]n my exile and irkeſome diſcontented abandonment, the ſillieſt millers thombe, or contemptible ſtickle-banck of my enemies, is as buſie nibbling about my fame, as if I were a deade man throwne amongeſt them to feede vpon.1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 1

Forms of miller's thumb

pluralmiller's thumbs

Questions about miller's thumb

What does miller's thumb mean?
Miller's thumb means the European bullhead (“a species of fish, Cottus gobio”).
What part of speech is miller's thumb?
Miller's thumb is a noun.
What is the plural of miller's thumb?
The plural of miller's thumb is miller's thumbs.

Words near miller's thumb in the dictionary

  1. miller's grape
  2. miller's itch
  3. miller's knot
  4. miller's knots
  5. miller's lung
  6. miller's thumb
  7. miller's thumbs
  8. Miller's water shrew
  9. Miller-Abbott tube
  10. Miller-Abbott tubes
  11. Miller-Dieker syndrome

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