an old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin

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thumbscrew
an old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin

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    an old in·stru·ment of tor·ture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumb·kin

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