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- noun Plural form of
thumb . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
thumb .
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Examples
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One of the few things we do get right with our thumbs is the ability to stick them up our asses.
Quick thoughts about Global Warming wendigomountain 2008
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A government that will stop at nothing to get the people back under their thumbs is tragic and sad.
Obama: Iran still has a path to international acceptance 2009
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But I believe that Sotomayor will be voted in thumbs up.
New Haven firefighter blasts Sotomayor for ruling 'along racial lines' 2009
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He climbed into a gold Rolls Royce, lit a cigar with a £50 note and waved to the waiting photographers, giving his trademark twin thumbs up.
If that’s a gagging order…? « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008
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Just because we have thumbs is no good reason to use them every chance we get.
Quick thoughts about Global Warming wendigomountain 2008
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* Chodin thumbs through photographs of a blood-soaked Benicio D*
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In fact in the link provided one of the mini-thumbs is Ray Charles and Steve Wonder performing together Wonder's "City" song.
Happy Birthday, Ray Charles! Bill Crider 2007
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The two umpires not on the field who rotate on a game-by-game basis, still in a six-man crew would look at slow-motion replays from two different angles (not from every camera in the park) and quickly give the call a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
unknown title 2009
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The two umpires not on the field who rotate on a game-by-game basis, still in a six-man crew would look at slow-motion replays from two different angles (not from every camera in the park) and quickly give the call a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
unknown title 2009
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The two umpires not on the field who rotate on a game-by-game basis, still in a six-man crew would look at slow-motion replays from two different angles (not from every camera in the park) and quickly give the call a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
unknown title 2009
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