thumb-sucker
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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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