thimbleful

IPA: θˈɪmbʌɫfʌɫ

noun

  • As much as a thimble will hold.
  • (by extension) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.
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Examples of "thimbleful" in Sentences

  • He was too profoundly strong to be affected by a thimbleful.
  • The thimbleful of audience members for CMO does not seem important to them.
  • A magnificent, delectable fish and chips combination, but it was practically a thimbleful.
  • She was suffering from rheumatism, and required treatment with a 'thimbleful' of vodka which loosened her tongue.
  • Taking my "thimbleful" of chocolate, I retreated to a corner where I could sit and sip and take observations unobserved.
  • But when he had finished his "thimbleful" of tobacco, and shaken out its ashes carefully, he looked at Phyllis with a face full of renewed interest, and said,
  • He called in at the bar to obtain his favourite "thimbleful" of cognac, and there he found a very agreeable landlady, with whom he got into conversation respecting the accident.

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