thumbed

/θʌmd/
adjective
  1. Having a thumb or thumbs of a specified kind.
    • The well-thumbed pages of the cookbook showed it was used often.
    • He was a green-thumbed gardener who could make any plant grow.
    • The old novel was dog-eared and thumbed from years of reading.
  2. Marked or worn by frequent handling with the thumbs.
    • The library book was heavily thumbed and had many creases.
    • The thumbed edges of the paperback were soft and gray.
    • She handed him a thumbed map of the hiking trails.
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