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thimbleful

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From thimble + -ful.

noun thimblefuls · thimblesful

  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.

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noun as much as a thimble will hold

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noun a small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits

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"thimbleful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thimbleful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"thimbleful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thimbleful.

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@misc{thimbleful_2026,
  title = {thimbleful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thimbleful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}