Etymology

thumbsucker

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Today it means: Someone who sucks their thumb. Full definition →

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The story

From thumb + sucker, suggesting the ignorance of a thumb-sucking child who needs things explained.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.