... Wolverstone hooked his thumbs into his broad leather belt, and from his great height looked down sardonically upon Lord Julian, tall man though his lordship was... 
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
...The thumbs are put into this instrument through the two circular holes at the top of it...
Thomas Clarkson 「The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the」
...I'm gwineter hang yer up by yer thumbs en' take ev'y bit er yer black hide off'nyer, en' den I'm gwine ter sell yer ter de fus' specilater w'at comes'long buyin' niggers fer ter take down ter Alabam'...
Charles W. Chesnutt 「The Conjure Woman」
..." Senator Smith leaned back and twiddled his thumbs, staring at Alwyn until the hot blood darkened his cheeks...
W. E. B. Du Bois 「The Quest of the Silver Fleece」
...(LITTLE BOY at edge of stage thumbs his nose at the marshall...
Zora Hurston and Langston Hughes 「The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts」
...With my elbows on the table and my thumbs behind my ears, I concentrate all my attention...
J. Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Life of the Fly」
...At length, putting his thumbs into the arm-holesof his waistcoat, he replied, "I bet a crown youknow as well as I do...
Robert Smith Surtees 「Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities」
...The thumbs, however,are left free, and serve as hooks for various purposes...
R. Lee 「Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals」
...So while we'reat the flying field I'm going to be holding back the triggers of theseguns with my thumbs...
Various 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930」
...Somegrinned broadly at one another; others placed their thumbs in theirears and wiggled their fingers...
Roman Frederick Starzl 「The Martian Cabal」
...But as human beings have only eight fingers andtwo thumbs it is by no means clear how the wordcame to be used for twelfths of the disc of theSun or Moon instead of tenths...
George Chambers 「The Story of Eclipses」
..."Still an unwelcome visitor, ma'am? No littletidbit of news for me to-day?" There he sat, twiddling his thumbs,reiterating his singsong: "Just so!" and looking wise as an owl...
Henry Handel Richardson 「Australia Felix」
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