…the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them…
…(1838–83) US circus entertainer; born Charles S. Stratton. A 40-inch-tall dwarf, he worked as a sideshow attraction in the shows of P. T. Barnum…
…a set of lettered grooves cut down the side of a book, especially a diary, address book, or dictionary, for easy reference…
…any of various musical instruments, mainly of African origin, made from strips of metal fastened to a resonator and played by plucking with the fingers and thumbs…
…a small European freshwater fish of the sculpin family, having a broad flattened head and most active at night…
…a broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory…
…completely under someone’s influence or control…
…the rounded protuberant part of the hand at the base of the thumb…
…be very obviously different from the surrounding people or things…
…an impression or mark made on a surface by the inner part of the top joint of the thumb, especially as used for identifying individuals from the unique pattern of whorls and lines…
…a serious piece of journalism which concentrates on the background and interpretation of events rather than on the news or action…
…a control device for electrical or mechanical equipment in the form of a wheel operated with the thumb…
