Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word thumbmark.
Examples
-
The book is ruled in broad transverse lines, and has a space for a name, for a number, and a thumbmark.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
-
He puts his thumb upon the slab and makes the thumbmark first with the utmost deliberation.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
-
If I ordered a plate, and I pointed out a black, greasy, sooty thumbmark to him, a rub of a finger Ferajji thought sufficient to remove all objections.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
-
The book is ruled in broad transverse lines, and has a space for a name, for a number, and a thumbmark.
A Modern Utopia 1906
-
He puts his thumb upon the slab and makes the thumbmark first with the utmost deliberation.
A Modern Utopia 1906
-
Presently I will tell you how to escape the assassin; meantime I shall have to examine your thumbmark again.
Life on the Mississippi, Part 7. Mark Twain 1872
-
Presently I will tell you how to escape the assassin; meantime I shall have to examine your thumbmark again.
Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1872
-
Presently I will tell you how to escape the assassin; meantime I shall have to examine your thumbmark again.
-
Then the thing went off and the noise busted through the room and even with the chair and body flying he had the thumbmark of George’s face furrowed in his mind.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
-
Then the thing went off and the noise busted through the room and even with the chair and body flying he had the thumbmark of George’s face furrowed in his mind.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.