Thimble
noun
A small cap worn on the finger to protect it when sewing.
She always uses a thimble to push the needle when she sews.
Often appears as...
- wear a thimble
- needle and thimble
noun
A metal or plastic tube fixed on the end of a rope to stop it from fraying.
The rope end was inserted into the thimble and then spliced to secure it.
Often appears as...
- rope and thimble
- thimble on the rope
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small cap worn on the finger to protect it when sewing.
She always uses a thimble to push the needle when she sews.
Often appears as...
- wear a thimble
- needle and thimble
noun
A metal or plastic tube fixed on the end of a rope to stop it from fraying.
The rope end was inserted into the thimble and then spliced to secure it.
Often appears as...
- rope and thimble
- thimble on the rope
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Sewing Safety
Thimbles are small but crucial for preventing painful pricks while hand-sewing.
Be sure to put on a thimble before attempting to sew the thick fabric.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Object
Thimbles have been used for centuries and can be collectible, made from various materials.
I found a vintage thimble at the antique store.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Thimbles are often used symbolically in stories and art to represent domestic life.
The thimble in that painting must symbolize the homeliness of the scene.
Pro Tip 1/3Sewing Safety
Thimbles are small but crucial for preventing painful pricks while hand-sewing.
Be sure to put on a thimble before attempting to sew the thick fabric.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Object
Thimbles have been used for centuries and can be collectible, made from various materials.
I found a vintage thimble at the antique store.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Thimbles are often used symbolically in stories and art to represent domestic life.
The thimble in that painting must symbolize the homeliness of the scene.
Pro Tip 1/3Sewing Safety
Thimbles are small but crucial for preventing painful pricks while hand-sewing.
Be sure to put on a thimble before attempting to sew the thick fabric.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Object
Thimbles have been used for centuries and can be collectible, made from various materials.
I found a vintage thimble at the antique store.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Thimbles are often used symbolically in stories and art to represent domestic life.
The thimble in that painting must symbolize the homeliness of the scene.
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A Cameraman's Wild...
so we got a heavy thimble berry thicket and then we get heavy alder cover so if you're looking at this from the beach it looks pretty foreboding and then when you step inside the canopy you see a whole different world one of the reasons
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Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
Because I was afraid if I said everything that she meant to me -- that I owed perhaps the best parts of who I became to her care, and that the words "I'm sorry" were like a thimble to bail out all the guilt and shame and rage I felt
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How science fiction can...
In 1953, Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," forecast earbuds, "thimble radios," in his words. And in A Space Odyssey,"
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A Cameraman's Wild...
so we got a heavy thimble berry thicket and then we get heavy alder cover so if you're looking at this from the beach it looks pretty foreboding and then when you step inside the canopy you see a whole different world one of the reasons
Video examples
Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
Because I was afraid if I said everything that she meant to me -- that I owed perhaps the best parts of who I became to her care, and that the words "I'm sorry" were like a thimble to bail out all the guilt and shame and rage I felt
Video examples
How science fiction can...
In 1953, Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," forecast earbuds, "thimble radios," in his words. And in A Space Odyssey,"
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Quote examples
Lincoln Steffens
American Journalist
My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
President Obama, he's never going to debate me on guns. His knowledge on that issue wouldn't fill a thimble, and he knows it. I would clean his clock, and he knows it.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
A reader can never tell if it's a real thimble or an imaginary thimble, because by the time you're reading it, they're the same. It's a thimble. It's in the book.
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Wilford Brimley
American Actor
What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble!
Quote examples
Lincoln Steffens
American Journalist
My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.
Quote examples
Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
President Obama, he's never going to debate me on guns. His knowledge on that issue wouldn't fill a thimble, and he knows it. I would clean his clock, and he knows it.
Quote examples
Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
A reader can never tell if it's a real thimble or an imaginary thimble, because by the time you're reading it, they're the same. It's a thimble. It's in the book.
Quote examples
Wilford Brimley
American Actor
What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.
Quote examples
Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble!
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