thumber
nounEtymology From thumb + -er.
1
One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
- Dylan Thomas was another thesaurus thumber, and in his work too the words it supplied were not always improvements.2008 April 18, Charles Mcgrath, “The Keeper (See: Steward, Caretaker) of Synonyms”, in New York Times:
2
One who thumbs a lift; a hitchhiker.
- Several months ago every city and many of the towns in which we operate were flooded with a cartoon flyer warning autoists of the legal risks involved in picking up thumbers.1932, Bus transportation: Volume 11: