The black raspberry, which we called thimble berry, was found along the stone walls, but was not abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of Boyhood] Reference
Since the thimble was a payment from Jorô-Gumo, that confirms that we haven't jumped forward any more in time. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!]
My immediate problem was that I had not previously known the word for "thimble". From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day] Reference
French for "thimble," a timbale generally is prepared in a small mold, in this case 4-ounce ramekins. From Wordnik.com. [The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS] Reference
Carla, a thimble is a Fingerhut, too. From Wordnik.com. [Foxgloves] Reference
Make a light biscuit dough and cut out with a thimble. From Wordnik.com. [365 Luncheon Dishes A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year] Reference
“Where's yer thimble?” she'd asked in a lazy drawl. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lives on Barriedale Road?] Reference
Instead of a thimble, they used a small piece of leather. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
When it's raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man] Reference
She cooked a third cake that was no larger than a thimble. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
It was like trying to stop a forest fire with a thimble of water. From Wordnik.com. [Political Correctness Has Passed Me By] Reference
In a dish of mashed potatoes place a ring, a dime, and a thimble. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
Dealing with homelessness feels like emptying the ocean with a thimble. From Wordnik.com. [A Secret Mission On the Streets] Reference
Madame H-- Stop a moment, I have lost my thimble again and must find it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Throw gigantic dice and wear a giant thimble on your head to play a round. From Wordnik.com. [Design: Serious Fun] Reference
"John!" reproved Elizabeth, tapping him gently on the head with her thimble. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
The bamboo plant and bowl, cups of tea, the thimble box ― They're all real. From Wordnik.com. [A Scribbling on the Walls] Reference
You can get a silver thimble for your mending bag with them, if nothing more. From Wordnik.com. [Things Mother Used to Make] Reference
A coin betokened to the finder wealth; the thimble, that he would never marry. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Hallowe'en] Reference
Both the shower and the thimble bee may be given in the forenoon, if preferred. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Interdiction sometimes seems like bailing an ocean with a thimble -- no, a sieve. From Wordnik.com. [About Cocaine And Bananas] Reference
'Lois Pearl Berkeley,' he read from the golden thimble he had nearly crushed under foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
These include a thimble, needles, scissors, a tape measure, an emery, and a white apron. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Trade School] Reference
Isabel made no reply, but took care that no one else discovered who had found the thimble. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
Except for the little drawing tools I had, you could have put all of my things in a thimble. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
So he brought, apparently, it was kind of a thimble for the wine, and then a little, tiny host. From Wordnik.com. ['Packing For Mars' And The Weightless Life] Reference
The thimble bee is a modern version of the good old-fashioned "spend the afternoon and take tea.". From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
She'd carefully balanced a thimble on my thumb and watched me as I pinned some seams into place. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lives on Barriedale Road?] Reference
A thimble of orange juice in the morning, one of cream soda at day's end, a cup of tea in between. From Wordnik.com. [The Dying Tradition] Reference
Jupiter, "playing the rogue with her," took her thimble and threw it away, and down it dropped to the earth. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Well, for starters, thimble-sized Darchinyan might have to sprout another head in order to compete in the UFC. From Wordnik.com. [Elliot Worsell: Boxers Who Might Win a Fight in UFC] Reference
He could back up a trailer into a thimble and had a high laugh and always referred to our guinea pig as livestock. From Wordnik.com. [Daddyland: The Most Magical Place on Earth] Reference
He remembered how he rode into Fordborough and bought that little gold thimble -- the first present he ever made her. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
He filled the thimble glasses with rare old applejack so skilfully that another drop would have flushed over their worn gilt rims. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Instead of thimble-sized servings, it's best to glug a decent 125ml measure into a proper wine glass, swirl and nose appreciatively. From Wordnik.com. [The sherry revival] Reference
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