英语词汇i bought his thumb的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	i bought his thumb
词源	I bought his thumb. An old-fashioned expression meaning that someone is certain a storekeeper was cheating by pressing his or her thumb on the scales when weighing something.
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