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Definition of Thumb index
1. Noun. One of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thumb Index
Literary usage of Thumb index
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public School Methods (1921)
"(b) thumb index. In most schoolrooms, in addition to the individual ... The use
of its patent thumb index can be explained by immediate reference to the ..."
2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"O. 840p. hf. mor. not $2.50; with thumb index, net $3. '00. ... il. sh. with thumb
index net $1(1: hf. Uns. net $ll:thumb index net $12. 'ПО. ..."
3. The Development of the Human Body: A Manual of Human Embryologyby James Playfair McMurrich by James Playfair McMurrich (1902)
"5th Ed- Sheep or Half Morocco, ft0.oo ; with thumb index, fii.00 Half Russia,
... Full Limp Leather, Gilt Edges, fi.00 ; thumb index, fi.25 140000 Copies of ..."
4. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1877)
"The finger-joints could hardly be bent,1.—Weakness of the thumb, index and middle
fingers of the right hand, so great that he could scarcely hold a pen, ..."
5. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1920)
"49 shows the various modifications that may have to be made in these different
forms of racket incisions. If either the thumb, index or little fingers are ..."
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