(thing) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Fri May 06 2005 at 21:20:32
thummikins

An instrument formerly used in Scotland, like a vice, to pinch the thumbs of persons accused of different crimes, in order to extort confession.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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