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thumblings

thumblings is the plural of thumbling.

Meaning of thumbling

Noun

thumbling (plural thumblings)

  1. A tiny, thumb-sized person; manikin
    • There is a long list of such spirits, including dwarfs, elves, gnomes, brownies, pixies, leprechauns, thumblings (like Tom Thumb), and dactyli (which means fingers). As with the Menehune, the thumblings and the dactyl-fingers are masculine figures, and so are the ancient gnomes.1989, Rita Knipe, The Water of Life
  2. Anything small, comparable to the size of a human thumb
    • Passing through the kitchen to the scullery, to which place she ordered us, I saw Deborah was very busy frying thumblings — small croquettes about the size of a big man's thumb — […]1946, Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder - Volume 62

Questions about thumblings

What is thumblings the plural of?
Thumblings is the plural of thumbling.

Words near thumblings in the dictionary

  1. thumbless
  2. thumbless wave
  3. thumblessness
  4. thumblike
  5. thumbling
  6. thumblings
  7. thumbload
  8. thumbloads
  9. thumbmark
  10. thumbmarked
  11. thumbmarks

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