Lock and Thumb

Lock

Lock verb - Fasten with a lock.

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Thumb and lock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thumb" instead a verb "Lock".

Nearby Words: locked, lockup, locker, locket, lockout

Thumb verb - To travel by securing free rides.

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Lock and thumb are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lock" instead a verb "Thumb".

Nearby Words: thumbed, thumbing

similar	similar lock	similar thumb
right	right lock	right thumb
single	single lock	single thumb
large	large lock	large thumb
Other adjectives: big, huge, black, white, mechanical, extra, double, literal, electronic.

To be entirely honest, the chambered cartridge may be manually extracted and slide lock disengaged with but a thumb.

Source: It Works Better with Bullets
Traumatic Haircut: Much of the biting satire is built around exaggerating this trope; the "haircut" took a lock of hair about the size of your thumb, yet it's treated like a full-blown Traumatic Scalp-Shaving.

Source: Literature / The Rape of the Lock

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