thimble | (noun) a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container | - |
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(noun) as much as a thimble will hold | Synonyms: thimbleful |
thimbleberry | (noun) raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit | Synonyms: black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis |
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(noun) white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries | Synonyms: Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberry |
(noun) shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit | Synonyms: flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratus |
thimbleful | (noun) as much as a thimble will hold | Synonyms: thimble |
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thimblerig | (noun) a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under | Synonyms: shell game |
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thimbleweed | (noun) a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles | Synonyms: Anemone cylindrica |
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thimerosal | (noun) a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic | Synonyms: Merthiolate, sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate |
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