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I bite my thumb at thou!

When armies took prisoners in southern Europe in the middle ages, they would sometimes be offered the chance to earn their freedom by eating a fig from a mules anus. As the captors taunted their captive, offering him this degrading method of escape, they would bite their thumbs.
by Themanwiththegiantwilly September 26, 2005
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I bite my thumb at thou!

As has been noted before, it has been used by Shakespeare.
A qualified guess is that the phrase, (and the hand gesture that accompanies it), symbolizes oral sex,
and implies that the insulted is gay.
by Hakan July 26, 2004
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I bite my thumb at thou!

a vaginal cream using in the "love-making" process
look mate! It's (hey sues)!
by rusty shakleford January 26, 2003
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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou — hold the bread!

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou — hold the bread! — Lovers who have their priorities exactly right. At a certain point all we have are the memories we create together. You don’t need much else.

“A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou — hold the bread!” just means: In this moment all I need is you and maybe a little wine might be nice too. But, if I have “you” I might not even need the wine either.
Husband:

“A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou.”

Wife:

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou — hold the bread! And if there’s no wine, all I need in this moment is you.
by Mind Hunter the Profiler September 22, 2023
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If you are missing a lot of braincells you may say this phrase in order to overpower any comment thrown at you, whether that be “Your mom gay” “No U” even overcoming the dreaded “Ur grandpap a trap”. No other phrase has been, is now, or ever will be more powerful than this. No matter what.
Your mom ga...

THOU FAVORED RELATIVE ART HOMOPHOBICALLY CURIOUS
by WhyMyPPsmall March 14, 2018
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Improper bo I don’t tell thou

Mike: "Simon is late again!"

Geoff: "That is improper bo I don’t tell thou"
by Michael Higgs October 18, 2004
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i have no ide waht this means, i just wanted to post something
forsooth thou ist thunderation and gruity vretuit brezdy guitr poikler
by insert pseudonym heree November 2, 2020
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