different between hitchhiker vs thumber

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From hitchhike +? -er.

hitchhiker (plural hitchhikers)

A person or thing that hitchhikes.
An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
(preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
(informal, botany) A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant.
(radio, advertising) An advertisement at the end of a programme.
Coordinate term: cowcatcher
- 1945, Charles Harold Sandage, Radio Advertising for Retailers (page 186)
  […] and networks have taken steps to modify or eliminate the bunching of spots and commercials between programs which results from the use of hitchhikers and cowcatchers.

thumb +? -er

thumber (plural thumbers)

One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
One who thumbs a lift; a hitchhiker.
- 1932, Bus transportation: Volume 11
  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.

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