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Example sentences from the Web for well-thumbedHe opens the briefcase to reveal hundreds of well-thumbed sheets of paper filled with typewritten words. The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali|Peter Richmond|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST His well-thumbed copy of Herodotus, with its intriguing mementos inside, underscores the historic context. Best Films From Books|Jane Ciabattari|May 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST The cavalcade stops, and riding up to the carriage he shoves a well-thumbed envelope into our hands. By Desert Ways to Baghdad|Louisa Jebb Walter Scott is there, and rows of well-thumbed volumes of Henty. The Quiver 3/1900|Anonymous
Then he sat at the foot of the chestnut-tree and turned the well-thumbed leaves until he found the place he was hunting for. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country|Joel Chandler Harris She noticed the open bookcase with four rows of well-thumbed volumes. Penny Nichols and the Mystery of the Lost Key|Joan Clark The coroner's officer tendered him a well-thumbed Bible, while the coroner himself administered the oath. The Postmaster's Daughter|Louis Tracy
adjective(well thumbed when postpositive) (of a copy of a book) having the pages marked from frequent turning Words nearby well-thumbedwell-taken, well-taught, well-tempered, well-thought-of, well-thought-out, well-thumbed, well-timed, well-to-do, well-trained, well-travelled, well-treated Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |