Associations to the word «Thumbkin»

Wiktionary

THUMBKIN, noun. An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras