thumbern.

/ˈθʌmə/

Etymology: < thumb v. 5, 6 + -er suffix¹.

North American colloquial.

One who ‘thumbs’ a lift, a hitch-hiker.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > hitch-hiker

hitch-hiker1927

thumber1935

hitcher1960

swamper1966

1935 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 8 Feb. 39/8 Chief of Police..has turned ‘thumbs down’ on the ‘thumbers’.

1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 June 31/5 For the hitch-hiker, Canada's roads hold little but terror and horrors, say many thumbers from Toronto.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	thumber
释义	thumbern. /ˈθʌmə/ Etymology: < thumb v. 5, 6 + -er suffix¹. North American colloquial. One who ‘thumbs’ a lift, a hitch-hiker. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > hitch-hiker hitch-hiker1927 thumber1935 hitcher1960 swamper1966 1935 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 8 Feb. 39/8 Chief of Police..has turned ‘thumbs down’ on the ‘thumbers’. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 June 31/5 For the hitch-hiker, Canada's roads hold little but terror and horrors, say many thumbers from Toronto. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1935
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