Definition of "thumbed" []

• Having some specific type of thumb. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of thumb. (verb)

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• "He did not use it to chase his assailant away, but without a word thumbed off the safety and shot the would-be thief dead in the head."
• "Probably many of these _incognita_ and _rarissima_ perished in the great fire of London; others again met their fate solely through their own popularity, being 'thumbed' to pieces."
• "For example, the distributional tables outlining the impact of the GST were the most 'thumbed' part of the documentation, certainly by those Treasury officers answering phone queries."