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miller's thumbs

miller's thumbs is the plural of miller's thumb.

Meaning of miller's thumb

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

Questions about miller's thumbs

What is miller's thumbs the plural of?
Miller's thumbs is the plural of miller's thumb.

Words near miller's thumbs in the dictionary

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

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