the thing
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the thing
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- The needful thing: something suitable for the purpose. This book isn't quite the thing.
- The desired thing: someone or something that is popularly favored. He liked Tom all right. […] Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing.
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Talk about this word "the thing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/the%20thing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. the thing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/the%20thing "the thing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/the%20thing.Cite this
@misc{the_thing_2026,
title = {the thing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20thing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
