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thumbies

thumbies is the plural of thumby.

Meaning of thumby

Noun

thumby (plural thumbies)

  1. (slang) A little thumb; diminutive term for thumb.
    Synonyms:
    pollex, thumb

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Noun

thumbies pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) Knitted hand or thumb mitts

Questions about thumbies

What does thumbies mean?
Thumbies means knitted hand or thumb mitts.
What is thumbies the plural of?
Thumbies is the plural of thumby.
What part of speech is thumbies?
Thumbies is a noun.

Words near thumbies in the dictionary

  1. thumbholer
  2. thumbholers
  3. thumbholes
  4. thumbholing
  5. thumbier
  6. thumbies
  7. thumbiest
  8. thumbikin
  9. thumbikins
  10. thumbing
  11. thumbing a ride

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumbies (page history and authors); thumby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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