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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I’m not sure what the intended meaning of the modified phrase is, but it’s too common to be just a typo- ‘thumps up’ gets 130k ghits,, and even the more specific ‘two thumps up’ gets 12k. Examples:
He clapped his hand and made two-thumps up.
www.winglin.net/fanfic/ifah_chan/chapter_2.shtml
What are some of the cities that you had visited and like the best? For me: 1. New York City/Manhattan. (The best for me, two thumps up in a heart beat)
community.vietfun.com/showthread.php?p=4997990
Praise: Prompt payment. Smooth transaction. Two thumps up from JewelryPayless members.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=911roy
...the perfect quiet-night-in movie…Definitely two thumps up!
www.imdb.com/title/tt0180316/maindetails
The lyricist needs two thumps up for this song for penning such beautiful and meaningful lines.
technorati.com/tag/Mishra
If I had to grade the book, I would give the book two thumps up and five (or six) stars.
www.dinotopia.com/fanzone.html
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Ignore this. I just realized it’s already in the database!
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