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thimbleful

[ thim-buhl-fool ]

noun

, plural thim·ble·fuls.
  1. the amount that a thimble will hold.
  2. a small quantity, especially of liquid.


thimbleful

/ ˈθɪmbəlˌfʊl /

noun

  1. a very small amount, esp of a liquid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thimbleful1

First recorded in 1600–10; thimble + -ful
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Example Sentences

Imagine, for example, dropping a thimbleful of red dye into a swimming pool.

Even more important, I got in my thimbleful of quality time with the man himself.

The members of the crew had hardly swallowed their thimbleful of some home-made liqueur, when the rumble of a carriage was heard.

To York fair he must, he would go, if condemned to a bean and a thimbleful of water for fasting dinner ever after.

They dined on dry biscuit and another thimbleful of water apiece and took watch by amiable agreement.

He poured the thimbleful and handed it over quickly, and when Perroquet had tossed it off he filled again and again.

The lunatic poured out a thimbleful for himself and filled Gaudissart's glass.

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