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well-thumbed
adjective
(well thumbed when postpositive) (of a copy of a book) having the pages marked from frequent turning
Example Sentences
His walls are lined with shelves of well-thumbed books, from his childhood comic collection to reference works on art and anthropology, Victoriana and zoology.
His father opened the well-thumbed magazine and pointed to Asif's photo in a byline.
It’s a well-thumbed page from the campaign playbook.
A charge against you isn't merely false, it's totally false or completely bogus, or some such, from the liar's well-thumbed thesaurus.
The many jokes in the well-thumbed paperback "No Pun Intended: Volume Too" include winners like: "Why did the scarecrow get a promotion? He was outstanding in his field."
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