thoom

There was a final-sounding "thoom," as the big door sealed.

Joystiq [Xbox] 2008

The clouds would threaten and threaten for hours on end, and then thoom!

kv*pr+hc (thoom) jlundberg 2007

He's a snod bit stockie -- a little beld, an 'bowd-leggit, an' wants a thoom.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"I'm no 'carin'," he says, blawin 'his nose atween his finger an' his thoom, an 'syne dichtin't wi' his bonnet.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

There was a burst o 'lauchin' at this, an 'Sandy says, pointin' wi 'his thoom ower his shuder, "Less noise, you lads, for fear her nabs hears us."

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"It is so, Bawbie," says he; an 'I noticed him i' the lookin'-gless pettin 'his thoom till his nose.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

I would fain have let her have a glimpse, puir thing, of some one belonging to her; but if it's no to be done it's nane of my affairs, and I needna fash my thoom.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

I looked back, and there he was standing at the door, and he just snitit his nose wi 'his finger and thoom.

A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

He'll no gang wi 'his thoom in his mooth, an' when they say till him, 'What are ye here for?' be obleeged to answer, 'Fegs, an' I dinna ken what for! '

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

I have seen mony are o 'them in Drumshorlin Muir; it is a little black beastie, about the size of my thoom-nail.

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874