thimble
顶针,顶嘴,丁字裤,顶戴
Definitions
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- : a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing.
- : Mechanics. any of various similar devices or attachments.
- : Nautical. a metal ring with a concave groove on the outside, used to line the outside of a ring of rope forming an eye.
- : a sleeve of sheet metal passing through the wall of a chimney, for holding the end of a stovepipe or the like.
- : a thimble-shaped printing element with raised characters on the exterior: used in a type of electronic typewriter or computer printer .
Examples
“This announcement is the equivalent of throwing a thimble of water on a bonfire,” British Chambers of Commerce president Ruby McGregor-Smith said of the government’s plans for worker visas.
The pungent flames of a thimble full of Reaper paste take me back to the parking lot of the pepper festival, and the heat here, though formidable and making me cry, is nothing like the heat was there.
There’s one possible state where the molecules are crowded into the thimble.
They could lower a tiny, thimble-sized cup into a glass or pitcher and draw up their own drinking water.
You didnt think that your gold thimble would make pretty things for Dr. Lakes wife, did you?
However, no wonder, as you had never heard of the thimble and pea game, but I will tell you.
The son Peter was admitted as a master in the thimble trade in 1527.
"I can make it any size I please, from a thimble to a sentry-box," said the Goblin.
The thimble denoted a thrifty housewife; the button, a life of single blessedness; and the nutmeg, a good cook.