She was suffering from rheumatism, and required treatment with a 'thimbleful' of vodka which loosened her tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
Taking my "thimbleful" of chocolate, I retreated to a corner where I could sit and sip and take observations unobserved. From Wordnik.com. [We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses] Reference
My husband asked for berries and got a thimbleful. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Chic in a Miami Storm] Reference
'You can't get reliable results from a thimbleful.'. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
There's only about a thimbleful of blood under him. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
"Yassir, enough to paint a whole thimbleful of 'em.". From Wordnik.com. [Pudd'nhead Wilson] Reference
In some cases the quantity is about half a thimbleful. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
More nor three shillings and sixpence for a thimbleful!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of Edwin Drood] Reference
A thimbleful, John, he said, just to whet your appetite. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
A thimbleful of wine always made her tipsy, he remembered. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
He was too profoundly strong to be affected by a thimbleful. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XXVI] Reference
Rub a thimbleful of water over your face and wipe off to finish. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives] Reference
This thimbleful in his palm was enough to make a man sleep forever. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
I know what I know ... give me a thimbleful ... give me a thim ... '. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
Wow, everyone who has submitted owes Miss Snark a thimbleful of gin!. From Wordnik.com. [HHCOM -status] Reference
Why, put one thimbleful of scotch in front of them and they can die.'. From Wordnik.com. [Eschaton] Reference
There was no cause for concern; the small car could run on a thimbleful. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]
"'Twas only a thimbleful Mrs. Haley gave me, to give me courage to face you.". From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
"The argument holds no water at all, not even a thimbleful," Mr. Lichtman says. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Campaign Touts] Reference
A thimbleful in its water reservoirs and London would become one vast channel house. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
Stir till they begin to turn color, then put in a thimbleful of flour melted in milk. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference
He'd grab the bottle, pour about a thimbleful in a cup and gloat over it for a second. From Wordnik.com. [A Canticle for Leibowitz]
Tomorrow, I thought, the thimbleful would form again, but I would be past drinking it. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
A magnificent, delectable fish and chips combination, but it was practically a thimbleful. From Wordnik.com. [At Lunch Now: Boulud Says “Shake Shack Has Nothing On My Burger!” | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference
Then take a little powder, about a thimbleful, or perhaps two, and pour it into the barrel. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
To your healthy hogs give one-half thimbleful of arsenic in slop to every hog, once per month. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Whole -- like a thimbleful of water drawn from the ocean and poured back into the ocean again. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive] Reference
Of course, the thimbleful of optronics in my synthesizer can reproduce any musical instrument. From Wordnik.com. [2061 Odyssey Three]
Three eggs, two table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar and a thimbleful of cornflour or feculina flour. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference
Using a thimbleful of propane fuel, the piston-driven robot rights itself after each hop like a Weeble. From Wordnik.com. [Cyberscope] Reference
The evening brought a visit from old Sobieska, who stumbled in with her demand of a 'thimbleful of whisky'. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
Sulphur to purify the blood may be taken three times a week -- a thimbleful in a glass of milk before breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Why, of course! the hod of the swallow mason is none other than his mouth, and it holds as much as half a thimbleful. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories] Reference
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