thumber

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noun

One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).

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Meanings

nounthumber (plural thumbers)

plural thumbers

  1. One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).

    Dylan Thomas was another thesaurus thumber, and in his work too the words it supplied were not always improvements.

    2008 April 18, Charles Mcgrath, “The Keeper (See: Steward, Caretaker) of Synonyms”, in New York Times
  2. One who thumbs a lift; a hitchhiker.

    Several months ago every city and many of the towns in which we operate were flooded with a cartoon flyer warning autoists of the legal risks involved in picking up thumbers.

    1932, Bus transportation: Volume 11

Origin

From thumb + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Humbert
Cite this entry
APA

thumber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thumber

MLA

“thumber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thumber. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thumber,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thumber.

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