English Explanatory Dictionary

thumbkin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
  2. The thumb.

Word forms

thumbkin thumbkins

Etymology

From thumb + -kin.

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