单词 | thumb-licking |
释义 | > as lemmasthumb-licking thumb-licking n. Scottish the licking and joining of thumbs by the parties concerned in token of the completion of a bargain. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > involving the joining of hands, etc. handbanda1400 handfast1568 thumb-licking1773 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. iii. iii. §5. 447 Decrees are yet extant in our records.. sustaining sales upon summonses of thumb-licking, upon this medium, That the parties had licked thumbs at finishing the bargain. < as lemmas |
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