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thumber

thumber noun: one who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).

Noun

thumber (plural thumbers)

  1. One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
    • Dylan Thomas was another thesaurus thumber, and in his work too the words it supplied were not always improvements.2008 April 18, Charles Mcgrath, “The Keeper (See: Steward, Caretaker) of Synonyms”, in New York Times
  2. One who thumbs a lift; a hitchhiker.
    • 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.1932, Bus transportation: Volume 11

Forms of thumber

pluralthumbers

Origin of thumber

From thumb + -er.

Questions about thumber

What does thumber mean?
Thumber means one who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
What part of speech is thumber?
Thumber is a noun.
What is the plural of thumber?
The plural of thumber is thumbers.

Words near thumber in the dictionary

  1. thumbed down
  2. thumbed one's nose
  3. thumbed through
  4. Thumbelina
  5. Thumbelinas
  6. thumber
  7. thumbers
  8. thumbhole
  9. thumbholed
  10. thumbholer
  11. thumbholers

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