Etymology

thumbikins

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Today it means: An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew. Full definition →

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thumbikins · noun1

From thumb + -ikin + -s. Compare bootikin.

thumbikins · noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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