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thumbings

thumbings is the plural of thumbing.

Meaning of thumbing

Noun

thumbing (plural thumbings)

  1. The act by which something is thumbed.
    • The precious autographs could not have endured through many a season the thumbings of "the book-holder" or the prompter.1842, Isaac Disraeli, Amenities of Literature

Questions about thumbings

What is thumbings the plural of?
Thumbings is the plural of thumbing.

Words near thumbings in the dictionary

  1. thumbing
  2. thumbing a ride
  3. thumbing down
  4. thumbing one's nose
  5. thumbing through
  6. thumbings
  7. thumbkin
  8. thumbkins
  9. thumbless
  10. thumbless wave
  11. thumblessness

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