well-thumbed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The latest research, however, suggests they are more like well-thumbed library books that wear and change a little bit every time they’re pulled off the shelf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
His father opened the well-thumbed magazine and pointed to Asif's photo in a byline.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
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."
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023
Blandine is a child of Vacca Vale born and raised, if rarely cared for: an autodidact and eerie Valkyrie beauty, with her piles of well-thumbed tomes on 12th-century mystics and corn-silk halo of hair.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
She pulled a book from the shelf where Victor kept his well-thumbed crime novels.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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