![]() ![]() In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Capulet's servant Sampson precipitates a brawl by biting his thumb at the Montague's servant Abraham (Act 1, Scene 1). It is comparable to "the finger" in modern terms. Biting one's thumb was an old rude British gesture.
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