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"A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to hold down the other's thumb."
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"(hand games) A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to hold down the other's thumb."
],
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"word": "thumb fight"
},
{
"word": "pea-knuckle"
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{
"word": "pea-knuckle war"
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"word": "thumb-a-war"
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"word": "thumb wrestle"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "children's game",
"word": "拇指大戰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǔzhǐ dàzhàn",
"sense": "children's game",
"word": "拇指大战"
},
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "children's game",
"word": "pöidlasõda"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "children's game",
"word": "peukalopaini"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "children's game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bataille de pouces"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "children's game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tumbrottning"
}
]
}
],
"word": "thumb war"
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"(hand games) A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to hold down the other's thumb."
],
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"word": "thumb fight"
},
{
"word": "pea-knuckle"
},
{
"word": "pea-knuckle war"
},
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"word": "thumb-a-war"
},
{
"word": "thumb wrestle"
}
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "children's game",
"word": "拇指大戰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǔzhǐ dàzhàn",
"sense": "children's game",
"word": "拇指大战"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "children's game",
"word": "pöidlasõda"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "children's game",
"word": "peukalopaini"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "children's game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "bataille de pouces"
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"sense": "children's game",
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"word": "tumbrottning"
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"word": "thumb war"
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