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It’s fun to do the research, figure out what everything is, because I have all sorts of objects, like fossils and minerals and Avon thimbles from the ’80s and Japanese toys from the ’60s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

Olympus Medical Systems produces duodenoscopes with disposable tip covers shaped like tiny thimbles that cover the camera at the far end of the instrument.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Musicians shouted and whispered in addition to playing their instruments, from which they drew eerie sounds by bowing on the underside of the strings and wearing thimbles on their fingers.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022

They also recorded snap times when fingers were covered in various materials, such as thimbles, latex gloves, or lotion, to study the role of friction.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 16, 2021

My mother, who stuffs thimbles in her mouth and then blows up her cheeks like Dizzy Gillespie while sewing yet another Raggedy Ann doll that she names Suzette after me.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat