Rule of thumb
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rule-of-thumb-166-5305013
title:
Rule of thumb
text:
In English, the phrase rule of thumb refers to an approximate method for doing something, based on practical experience rather than theory. This usage of the phrase can be traced back to the 17th century and has been associated with various trades where quantities were measured by comparison to the width or length of a thumb. The phrase rule of thumb first became associated with domestic abuse in the late 1970s, when an author mentioned the idiom in an article but did not say that there was any
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description:
Approximate method for doing something
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb
date created:
2002-06-13T11:34:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T17:49:18Z
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