Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very small quantity.
- noun The amount that a thimble can hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun As much as a thimble will hold; hence, a very small quantity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun As much as a
thimble will hold. - noun by extension A small amount of liquid, especially
alcoholic spirits .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun as much as a thimble will hold
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Examples
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She was suffering from rheumatism, and required treatment with a 'thimbleful' of vodka which loosened her tongue.
Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke
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He called in at the bar to obtain his favourite "thimbleful" of cognac, and there he found a very agreeable landlady, with whom he got into conversation respecting the accident.
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Taking my "thimbleful" of chocolate, I retreated to a corner where I could sit and sip and take observations unobserved.
We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses Barbara Yechton 1901
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But when he had finished his "thimbleful" of tobacco, and shaken out its ashes carefully, he looked at Phyllis with a face full of renewed interest, and said,
The Hallam Succession Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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The thimbleful of audience members for CMO does not seem important to them.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
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The thimbleful of audience members for CMO does not seem important to them.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
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He was too profoundly strong to be affected by a thimbleful.
Chapter XXVI 2010
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The thimbleful of audience members for CMO does not seem important to them.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
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A magnificent, delectable fish and chips combination, but it was practically a thimbleful.
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The thimbleful of audience members for CMO does not seem important to them.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
reesetee commented on the word thimbleful
A unit of measure often used to describe a very small amount. A thimble holds just about one cubic centimeter (1 milliliter).
November 6, 2007