thumber

Definitions

1. One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
2. One who thumbs a lift; a hitchhiker.

Examples

“Dylan Thomas was another thesaurus thumber, and in his work⟳ too the words it supplied were not always improvements.”

“Several months ago every city and many of the towns in which we operate⟳ were flooded with a cartoon flyer warning autoists of the legal risks involved in picking up thumbers.”

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