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thimbleful

thimbleful noun: as much as a thimble will hold.

Noun

thimbleful (plural thimblefuls or thimblesful)

  1. As much as a thimble will hold.
  2. (broadly) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.
    • “Just the tiniest thimbleful for me,” Annie said, overplaying it, I thought, since she lived on vodka.1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994

Forms of thimbleful

pluralthimblefuls
pluralthimblesful

Origin of thimbleful

From thimble + -ful.

Questions about thimbleful

What does thimbleful mean?
Thimbleful means as much as a thimble will hold.
What part of speech is thimbleful?
Thimbleful is a noun.
What is the plural of thimbleful?
The plural of thimbleful is thimblefuls.

Words near thimbleful in the dictionary

  1. thimbleberry
  2. Thimbleby
  3. thimbled
  4. thimbleeye
  5. thimbleeyes
  6. thimbleful
  7. thimblefuls
  8. thimblelike
  9. thimblemaker
  10. thimblemakers
  11. thimblemaking

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