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Adjective
  1. Of a book, etc.: showing signs of frequent or heavy use; worn; well used.
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Sometimes in winter when he did not have to go to sea he read one of the well-thumbed volumes by the aid of a tallow dip.
As one laved one's chest one could conjure up images of bowler hats on the coat rack, well-thumbed Police Gazettes, shoe polish and cigars.
All the well-thumbed books are coded and their numbers recorded in the cards which pack the specially designed drawers of the little desk.
I had a well-thumbed copy of the Female Eunuch, given to me by my very socially aware sister.
It's dotted with low glass tables, Eastern religious icons and some well-thumbed books on astrology.
A bookshelf displays an array of well-thumbed cookbooks, and the kettle bubbles on the hob.

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