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Qu'est-ce (qui) est Thimbleful - définition


thimbleful      
n.
1.
As much as a thimble holds.
2.
Sip, sup, drop, swallow, mouthful, spoonful, taste.
Thimbleful      
·noun As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
thimble         
  • Das Ständebuch}} by [[Jost Amman]], 1568
  • Turning pages using a thimblette.
  • Lofting type brass thimble
  • Meissen 'keepsake' thimble. 18th century
  • Right handed roping palm
  • A 9-foot high sculpture of a giant thimble resting on a stack of buttons, commemorating the garment district in [[Toronto]]
PROTECTIVE CUP USED DURING SEWING
Thimbler; Thimblette; Finger cone; Rubber thimble; Rubber thimbles; Rubber finger pads; Rubber finger; Digitabulist; Thimbles; Finger shield; Finger glove; Rubber finger tip; Sewing ring; Sailmaker's palm; Sailors palm
¦ noun
1. a metal or plastic cap with a closed end, worn to protect the finger and push the needle in sewing.
any short metal tube or ferrule.
2. Nautical a metal ring, concave on the outside, around which a loop of rope is spliced.
Derivatives
thimbleful noun (plural thimblefuls).
Origin
OE thy?mel 'finger-stall' (see thumb, -le1).
Exemples du corpus de texte pour Thimbleful
1. Even in the harsh Arctic environment, a thimbleful of water contains 100,000 bacteria.
2. The material, expected to be about a thimbleful, must be separated from a substance called aerogel, used to help trap the particles.
3. It‘s a no–nonsense philosophy that suits women who think it vaguely unethical to spend 40 on a thimbleful of anti–wrinkle cream; women who do not pucker their collagen–plumped lips while whispering: ‘Because you‘re worth it‘ into the bathroom mirror.
4. A couple of days later, I was, unlike Cameron, back at the conference, on a panel with Raymond Blanc and others, hammering through ideas to get more organic produce into restaurants, and discovering that demanding organic lamb has less to do with eating sheep than with eating fish because a single thimbleful of cypermethrin sheep dip is enough to kill off all insect life over 20km of a small stream and empty it of fish almost overnight.