thumbtack
Example Sentences
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This is less a conceptual thumbsucker than a tightly focused, almost miniaturist drama about moving on.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021
The idea that politics is paralyzed “is a thumbsucker for Washington cocktail parties,” said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, in an interview last week.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2010
