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Thumbscrew

noun
1.
Instrument of torture that crushes the thumb.
2.
Screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers.





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"Thumbscrew" Quotes from Famous Books



... be no occasion for that," Von Aert said contemptuously. "A couple of turns with the thumbscrew will suffice to get out of a boy of that age everything he knows. Well, my friends, we will meet here tomorrow evening. I shall go round to the Market Square with Genet to see the result of this ...
— By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic • G.A. Henty


Words linked to "Thumbscrew" :   instrument of torture, screw


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