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thumbprint Definition

thumb·print (t̸hum′print′)

noun

  1. a fingerprint of the thumb
  2. fingerprint ()

thumbprint Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • show: The ears show a thumbprint in the base color and the ears are edged in the color of the markings.
  • take: During a commemorative ceremony the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had their thumbprints taken.
  • have: I just hope the pages of Paula's Diary do not have the thumbprints of a certain Konrad Kujau all over them.
thumbprint Quotes

Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of us who, given an eternal incognito, a thumbprint nowhere set against our souls, would not commit rape, murder and all abominations.

—Barnes, Djuna

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