thimble
noun
a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing.
thimbles
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pluralof thimble.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The pasta customarily used to make the beloved Italian soup pasta e fagioli is ditalini, which roughly translates to "little thimbles."
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022
“None of us have money. All we have to sell are store vouchers and perhaps a few silver spoons and thimbles brought Over from our homelands.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
