doubting Thomasina

noun

A female doubting Thomas.

Meanings

noundoubting Thomasina (plural doubting Thomasinas)

plural doubting Thomasinas

  1. A female doubting Thomas.

    She would not be too sure till she had seen and handled those deposit receipts. Never was there a more doubting Thomasina!

    1911, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Lady of the Hundred Dresses, page 177

Origin

From doubting Thomas, using the equivalent female name Thomasina.

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