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  • 51ˈthumb through sth — phrasal verb to quickly turn the pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper …

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  • 52Under one's thumb — Thumb Thumb, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS. [thorn][=u]ma; akin to OFries. th[=u]ma, D. duim, G. daumen, OHG. d[=u]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw. tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [root]56. Cf. {Thimble}, {Tumid} …

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  • 53Thumb book — Миниатюрная книга …

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  • 54Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues — Infobox Song Name = Just Like Tom Thumb s Blues Artist = Bob Dylan Album = Highway 61 Revisited Released = August 30, 1965 track no = 8 Recorded = Columbia Studios, New York, August 4, 1965 Genre = Rock, Folk rock Length = 5:31 Writer = Bob Dylan …

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  • 55The Thumb — This article is about a geographical region in Michigan. For the body part, see Thumb. For other uses, see Thumb (disambiguation). The Thumb Mid Michigan Country United States …

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  • 56The Panda's Thumb (blog) — The Panda s Thumb is a weblog on the creation evolution controversy from a mainstream scientific perspective. Nature lists it as one of the top five science blogs. [cite news | url = http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7098/full/442009a.htm… …

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  • 57Hop o' My Thumb — Infobox Folk tale Folk Tale Name = Hop o My Thumb Image Caption = Illustration by Gustave Doré AKA = Mythology = Country = France Region = Origin Date = Published In = The Blue Fairy Book Related = The Lost Children Hansel and Gretel Hop o My… …

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  • 58The Panda's Thumb (book) — Infobox Book name = The Panda s Thumb title orig = translator = image caption = author = Stephen Jay Gould illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject = Science genre = Non fiction publisher = W. W.… …

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  • 59The Thumb (mountain) — This article is for the unofficially named mountain near Vancouver, British Columbia. For the officially named mountain in the Omineca region of British Columbia, see The Thumb (Omineca). For other uses see Thumb (disambiguation).Infobox Mountain …

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  • 60Priscilla Bunbury's Virginal Book — is a musical commonplace book compiled in the late 1630 s by two young women from an affluent Cheshire family. It is important more for its fingering indications than for the quality of the music it contains.The ManuscriptThe manuscript is an… …

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