Synonyms:
thimble
Meaning: a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container
Synonyms:
thimble, thimbleful
Meaning: as much as a thimble will hold
Usage examples
A few more books, and a gold thimble, and a smelling-bottle, and a music-box."
The thimble weighed too heavy, The stitches stopped themselves, And then 't was put among the dust Upon the closet shelves.
At another shop he bought some large needles, half-a-dozen skeins of stout waxed thread, a pair of large scissors, a couple of strong steel buckles, and a tailor's thimble.
To prevent such losses, I adopt the German plan of confining the queen, in what they call, "a queen cage." A small hole, about as large as a thimble, may be gouged out of a block, and covered over with wire gauze, or any other kind of perforated cover, so that when the queen is put in, the bees cannot enter to destroy her.