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Quotation dates: 1873, 1962
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THUMMLE, n.2 Also thumble. A whip for driving a spinning-top. [θʌml]Abd. 1873 J. Ogg Willie Waly 60:
Fine soonin' taps for his young frien's, the laddies, An' thumbles to drive them.Abd. 1962 Abd. Ev. Express (7 Nov.):
The boys used to have wooden tops which they whipped with"thummles."
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