"fash one's thumb" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fashes one's thumb [present, singular, third-person], fashing one's thumb [participle, present], fashed one's thumb [participle, past], fashed one's thumb [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fash one's thumb (third-person singular simple present fashes one's thumb, present participle fashing one's thumb, simple past and past participle fashed one's thumb)
  1. (Scotland, idiomatic, dated) To bother oneself; to worry about something. Tags: Scotland, dated, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fash_one's_thumb-en-verb-X1yVnT7v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish English
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