thumbsbreadth vs thumby

thumbsbreadth

noun
  • The width of a thumb, as a unit of measure. 

thumby

noun
  • A little thumb; diminutive term for thumb 

adj
  • Clumsy, awkward, maladroit, not dextrous, all thumbs 

  • Dirtied by thumb marks 

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