Yet the book Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles suggests that the term may have been coined following the visit to England of the famous American midget Charles Stratton, better known as General Tom Thumb.
यह बाइबल हमारे अँगूठे के ऊपरी हिस्से के जितनी होती है, सो लगता है कि इसीलिए यह नाम पड़ा होगा ।