Plural of thimble

Forms of thimble

Thimbles in a sentence

• But it won't set fair when made tight around yards or round thimbles.2016, Brion Toss, The Complete Rigger's Apprentice, →ISBN. From the entry set fair
• A couple of thimbles had been taken out of the whisky, the gin and the sherry.1999, Alan Wall, Richard Dadd in Bedlam, and Other Stories, Harvill Secker. From the entry Christmas drinker
• I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258. From the entry foxglove
• They sat on cubist sofas in full evening dress and allowed us to hand them thimbles of cherry brandy and to talk to them about their poetry.1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other…. From the entry cubist

Meaning of thimble

1. noun A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
2. noun As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.
3. noun A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”).

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Questions about the plural of thimble

What is the plural of thimble?

The plural of thimble is thimbles.

Is thimble countable?

Thimble is a countable noun.