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What is a thimble?

What is a thimble? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cap for the fingers, used in sewing to push the needle.
  2. A similarly shaped socket in machinery.
  3. A thimbleful.
  4. (nautical) A ring of metal or rope used in a ship's rigging; it is a protection against chafing.
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With a reminder to use her thimble when she dealt with needles, Jemimah left.
Mary was sitting on the bed, tapping her foot and humming a tune as she set her needles, thimble, and thread into a sack.
In front of each god was a miniature steel plate and a tumbler the size of a large thimble.
Then she would don a thimble, put a dint in the cookie, and fill it with jam.
I used a large thimble for the flap cord part, nylon cord for the line, and ended up just tying the cord around the side wire with a slip knot.
In Kendal, a debate is going on as to the real name of the orange rubber thimble used by the counters to protect their index fingers.

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