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Fri May 06 2005 at 21:20:32
thummikins
An instrument formerly used in
Scotland
, like a
vice
, to pinch the thumbs of persons accused of different crimes, in order to extort confession.
The
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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Thump
thumb