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thimbleful en · NOUN

Etymology

From thimble + -ful.

Meanings

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

Translations (8)

hu gyűszűnyi (as much as a thimble will hold) · ru напёрсток (as much as a thimble will hold) · gv lane mairane (as much as a thimble will hold) · es dedal (as much as a thimble will hold) · fi sormustimellinen (as much as a thimble will hold) · ru напёрсток (a small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits) · ga lán méaracáin (as much as a thimble will hold) · fi fingerporillinen (a small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits)