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- adjective Of a
book , etc., showing signs offrequent orheavy use ;worn ; well used.
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It is a household must-have, and a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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It is a household must-have, and a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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It is a household must-have, and a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France.
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The rerun screening gives viewers their equivalent of the pleasure that comes from taking a well-thumbed hardback from the shelf and opening at page one.
Television re-runs: only 235 episodes to go | Mark Lawson 2011
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I've managed to confect vague sympathy, but can't help feeling the snub would be put into perspective if female athletes would only turn to their well-thumbed copies of classical comedy.
Women should be happy they have failed the Sports Personality test | Marina Hyde 2011
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It is a household must-have, and a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France.
French Word-A-Day 2010
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It is a household must-have, and a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France.
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It is a household must-have, and a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France.
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It is a household must-have, and a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France.
wine maker 2010
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As recounted in an absorbing study — no, really — by the Harvard professor George Baker in The Journal of Finance, their predecessors had followed a well-thumbed playbook to build Beatrice from a small Nebraska creamery into a money-spinning conglomerate that sold everything from Meadow Gold dairy products to Samsonite luggage.
Do CEOs Matter? 2009
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