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  • noun slang A little thumb; diminutive term for thumb
  • adjective dirtied by thumb marks

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Examples

  • Instead they will rely on printing out letters rather than connecting them, typing on a computer keyboard -- and, of course, the thumby texting that is now our lingua franca.

    Michael Conniff: Aspen High Dis Cursive Michael Conniff 2010

  • Instead they will rely on printing out letters rather than connecting them, typing on a computer keyboard--and, of course, the thumby texting that is now our lingua franca.

    Michael Conniff: Aspen High Dis Cursive Michael Conniff 2010

  • My favorite garment by far though is the arm warmer with thumby slot.

    Lookin' Good: Holiday Cycling Fashions BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Thumbelina has her own "thumby mobile," basically, it ` s a stable in a corner of an RV.

    CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2007 2007

  • Miss Adrian invited Sissy to use the pool and the sauna whenever she wished, but the manager was busy putting things straight and had little time for the thumby model from New York.

    Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976

  • There was a suppressed sense of excitement, a strained thrill of the nerves that made thumby work of their handling the buckles.

    The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Various

  • "Sister Sadie" is a mishmash of thumby keyboards and missed guitar notes.

    The Clog 2010

  • I still don't know whether it was one or the other, apart from lashings of synthesizer, probably one of those strap-on pretend guitar keyboard thingys, and thumby bass playing.

    Word Magazine - Comments 2009

  • I still don't know whether it was one or the other, apart from lashings of synthesizer, probably one of those strap-on pretend guitar keyboard thingys, and thumby bass playing.

    Word Magazine - 2009

  • Basic interface sux, but like thumby suggested try whichever of the other two you aren't using and see what happens ...

    MightyRighty.com - Conservative News, Discussion and Community 2009

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