Other forms: thimbles
A thimble is a cap worn on the finger when sewing. A silver thimble, wear a thimble, collect thimbles.
It protects the finger that pushes the needle through, and the dimpled surface is what stops the needle slipping — the dimples are the working part rather than decoration. Thimbles are a long-established collecting field. Note a thimbleful, meaning a very small quantity of drink; and the thimblerig, the shell game played with a pea and three cups.
1nounthimbleA cap worn on the finger when sewing.
“She pushed the needle through the thick cloth with a silver thimble on her finger.”
thimble is a sewing tool.
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