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thumbers

thumbers is the plural of thumber.

Meaning of thumber

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

Questions about thumbers

What is thumbers the plural of?
Thumbers is the plural of thumber.

Words near thumbers in the dictionary

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

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