thimbleful
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
thimbleful (plural thimblefuls or thimblesful)
- As much as a thimble will hold.
- (by extension) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.
- 1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
- “Just the tiniest thimbleful for me,” Annie said, overplaying it, I thought, since she lived on vodka.
Translations[edit]
as much as a thimble will hold
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a small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits
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