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thumb-sucker

American  
[thuhm-suhk-er] / ˈθʌmˌsʌk ər /

noun

  1. a person who habitually sucks a thumb.


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She has always been a thumb-sucker, and as school years came around, we expected she would wean off it.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2019

Nor am I a knuckle-cracker, a nail-biter, or a thumb-sucker.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2012

I had one thumb-sucker and two non-thumb-suckers, and I stupidly and naively forgot I was in front of a lot of cameras.

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