bite one's thumb

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bite one's thumb (third-person singular simple present bites one's thumb, present participle biting one's thumb, simple past bit one's thumb, past participle bitten one's thumb)

  1. (historical) To express defiance by putting one's thumbnail into one's mouth and knocking it against the teeth.
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