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thumber en · NOUN

Etymology

From thumb + -er.

Meanings

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:

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