thumb
noun
the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
thumbless
-
a word derived from
thumb.
Example Sentences
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Thumbless Mitt or Wristlet The thumbless mitt or wristlet requires one half hank of knitting-yarn, gray, with No. 2 Red Cross needles or No. 11 or No. 12 steel needles.
From Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet by Anonymous
The center Warlockian spread out her four-fingered thumbless hands above the scattered needles.
From Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton
On the way, the thought of the damned and thumbless Benny accompanied him.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
The mariner called up his two friends, who proved thumbless like himself.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
An ardent devotee had deposited a copper coin in her extended, thumbless hand, whilst another had fixed a row of candle stumps at her feet.
From The Nest of the Sparrowhawk by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
