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His mother and elder sisters at home doat on all he says and does, telling him however that he is a great sea-fellow, and was always wild ever since he was a hop-o-my-thumb no higher than the window locker.
Three Weeks in the Downs, or Conjugal Fidelity Rewarded: exemplified in the Narrative of Helen and Edmund Anonymous 1829
chained_bear commented on the word hop-o-my-thumb
"A diminutive person, man or woman. She was such a hop-o-my-thumb that a pigeon, sitting on her shoulder, might pick a pea out of her a-se."
September 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word hop-o-my-thumb
Also hop-o'-my-thumb.
September 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word hop-o-my-thumb
Yup. I have seen it spelled that way more often, actually, but I copied it exactly from the book. *shrugs*
September 5, 2008