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Meanings of thimbleful in English

Catalan
didal

As much as a thimble will hold.

didal
Usage of thimbleful in English
1
It didn't even have enough energy to warm a thimbleful of water.
Wired
2
He drank an extra thimbleful of whisky to try to hearten himself.
Birthright: A Novel
3
Would they like to taste it - only a thimbleful or so?
The Irish Times
4
He poured himself a thimbleful of rum and drank it and went out.
All souls' rising
5
Tim suggested that a thimbleful of rum would be mighty pleasant.
The Three Admirals
6
He was too profoundly strong to be affected by a thimbleful.
Burning Daylight
7
A thimbleful of male semen holds the planet's entire annual requirements.
The Disposable Male
8
You'll have a thimbleful of something to keep the cold out?
What Every Woman Knows
9
Some traces of dust, a sad thimbleful by the end of the day.
Empty mile
10
The Cornal gulped the merest thimbleful of spirits and resumed in a different key.
Gilian The Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
11
A thimbleful to moisten our tongues would have been worth its bulk in gold.
Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midsh...
12
The ex-prizefighter brought him a thimbleful of brandy, but he would not take it.
Hard Cash
13
I usually take a thimbleful myself before going to bed.
A Hoosier Chronicle
14
They had a thimbleful or two of whisky, which made them talk a lot.
Looking Seaward Again
15
I can't afford to pay fifty centimes for every thimbleful.
Of Human Bondage
16
Lady Kentworth nearly fainted, though I took scarcely a thimbleful of blood from her.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
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Catalan
didal
Thimbleful through the time
Thimbleful across language varieties
United Kingdom
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