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Bearing marks of frequent handling.
1811. Maryland Gaz., 20 Feb., 6/1. Where if one might judge from the dingy appearance of its well-thumbed cover, it had lain for sometime.
1826. Miss Mitford, Village, III. 271. She used to hear me read French out of a well-thumbed copy of Telemaque.
1840. Dickens, Old C. Shop, xxvii. A couple of well-thumbed tambourines.
1884. E. Yates, Recoll., I. 254. A large collection of greasy well-thumbed Miscellany volumes.
