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Webster 1913 Edition
Thimbleful
Thim′ble-ful
,Noun.
pl.
Thimblefuls
. As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
For a
thimbleful
of golf, a thimbleful
of love. Dryden.
Definition 2024
thimbleful
thimbleful
English
Noun
thimbleful (plural thimblefuls or thimblesful)
- As much as a thimble will hold.
- (by extension) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.
- 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter Four,
- “Just the tiniest thimbleful for me,” Annie said, overplaying it, I thought, since she lived on vodka.
- 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter Four,
Translations
as much as a thimble will hold
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a small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits
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