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    home and grave of Tom Thumb. Aside from his own tales, Tom figures in Henry Fielding's 1730 play Tom Thumb, a companion piece to his The Author's Farce...
    19 KB (2,676 words) - 22:43, 31 May 2024
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    Norfolk latch, the handle is fitted to a backplate independently of the thumb piece. Introduced around 1800–1820, Norfolk latches, originating in the English...
    18 KB (2,428 words) - 06:41, 2 May 2024
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    A thumb tip is a magician's prop designed to fit over and appear to be the magician's thumb used for vanishing, producing, or switching small objects...
    5 KB (796 words) - 03:25, 28 March 2024
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    heavy, non-stepped free-floating target barrel was fitted. The vertical thumb piece was removed from the bolt to improve lock time. The triggers were adjusted...
    28 KB (3,497 words) - 04:52, 18 May 2024
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    venipuncture. Some parents prefer the use of a pacifier to the child sucking their thumb or fingers. Researchers in Brazil have shown that neither "orthodontic"...
    19 KB (2,325 words) - 18:34, 11 May 2024
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    of the cross; however Christians keep the thumb raised — the three raised fingers (index, middle, and thumb) are frequently allegorically interpreted...
    55 KB (7,115 words) - 18:00, 27 May 2024
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    Mbira (redirect from Thumb piano)
    by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left...
    36 KB (3,998 words) - 22:57, 2 June 2024
  • "Under My Thumb" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Under My Thumb" features...
    16 KB (1,736 words) - 06:23, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ulnar collateral ligament injury of the thumb
    Gamekeeper's thumb (also known as skier's thumb or UCL tear) is a type of injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the thumb. The UCL may be merely...
    10 KB (1,211 words) - 11:03, 19 May 2024
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    Polydactyly (redirect from Vestigial thumb)
    radial (thumb) side, and very rarely within the middle three digits. These are respectively known as postaxial (little finger), preaxial (thumb), and central...
    62 KB (6,990 words) - 10:36, 7 June 2024
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    asked to hold an object, usually a flat object such as a piece of paper, between the thumb and index finger (pinch grip). The examiner then attempts...
    3 KB (261 words) - 00:48, 23 February 2024
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    describes the piece as "pure Andalusian flamenco". In the main theme the piano mimics the guitar technique of alternating the thumb and fingers of the...
    7 KB (809 words) - 16:45, 7 June 2024
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    In knitting gloves and mittens, a "thumb gore" is often incorporated from the wrist part way to the tip of the thumb to accommodate the gradually increasing...
    1 KB (134 words) - 21:04, 29 May 2024
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    similar to a type of utensil used to pick up sugar cubes. Thumb spica – Used for the thumb. Ulnar gutter – Used for the forearm to the palm. Volar wrist...
    9 KB (1,038 words) - 23:28, 18 April 2024
  • connection to Skrýmir's glove. The term Däumling in German refers to the thumb-piece of a glove in the sartorial or glove-making profession, as has been pointed...
    10 KB (1,158 words) - 22:48, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Tragedy of Tragedies
    Death of Tom Thumb the Great, is a play by Henry Fielding. It is an expanded and reworked version of one of his earlier plays, Tom Thumb, and tells the...
    16 KB (2,414 words) - 21:35, 18 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ma mère l'Oye
    (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty) Petit Poucet: Très modéré (Little Tom Thumb / Hop-o'-My-Thumb) Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes: Mouvt de marche (Little...
    10 KB (980 words) - 14:50, 23 April 2024
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    Mantis shrimp (redirect from Thumb splitter)
    Assyrians, "prawn killers" in Australia, and now sometimes referred to as "thumb splitters"—because of the animal's ability to inflict painful wounds if...
    53 KB (5,748 words) - 07:08, 2 June 2024
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    It is illegal to pot the Queen after the last piece since the queen must always be covered. Thumbing is allowed by International Carrom Federation which...
    27 KB (3,567 words) - 10:15, 3 June 2024
  • and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information...
    50 KB (1,356 words) - 13:58, 4 June 2024
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