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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word thumbscrews:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. thumbscrews: Merriam-Webster
  2. thumbscrews: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thumbscrews: Collins English Dictionary
  4. thumbscrews: Vocabulary.com
  5. thumbscrews: Wordnik
  6. thumbscrews: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. thumbscrews: Wiktionary
  8. thumbscrews: Dictionary.com

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  1. Thumbscrews: Encyclopedia

(Note: See thumbscrew as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (thumbscrew)

noun:  A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers.
noun:  An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers.
noun:  (figuratively) A weakness that can be taken advantage of.
▸ Also see thumbscrew


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