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Miller’s Thumb (A)

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A small fish, four or five inches long, so called from its resemblance to a miller’s thumb. The fish is also called Bullhead, from its large head.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.