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thumbhole en · NOUN

Etymology

From thumb + hole.

Meanings

  1. A hole designed to receive a thumb.
    • The paint set is the top-of-the-line model, the Extra-Fine Oil Artist’s Box with a 39-tube spectrum of colors, 6 different painting mediums, 10 brushes (5 sable and 5 hog bristle), palette knives and a palette (with old-fashioned thumbholes), all in a portable walnut box. 2007 January 7, David Colman, “It’s Like Nothing, Really”, in New York Times:

Forms

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thumbholes Number=Plur lexicographic

thumbhole en · VERB

Etymology

From thumb + hole.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cut thumbholes (for carrying) in the lids of boxes.

Forms

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thumbholes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
thumbholing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
thumbholed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
thumbholed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

thumbholer