THIMBLEFUL


Meaning of THIMBLEFUL in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A thimbleful of water, sir? he asked the ant.

A lot of tax money had gone for a thimbleful of water.

Early attacks of stage fright were cured by a thimbleful of Courvoisier.

I don't know what the great lady is on but I'd sell my Equity Card for a thimbleful .

Scented by infusion with wild tarragon, like no other sorbet I have ever tasted, a mere thimbleful did the trick.

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