“A type of retractable thimble or presser foot was used to hold the fabric down as required.”

“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.”

“Then she would don a thimble, put a dint in the cookie, and fill it with jam.”

“The feast begins with a few hunks of soft onion bread and a thimbleful of an intensely rich roasted-eggplant garlic spread.”

“A bird had flown up at me, curious about my beer, so I consciously poured a thimbleful down to his ledge.”

“Whenever one of us would pour a thimbleful into his cup, the other two would jealously measure the outpouring with their eyes.”

“A mother pointed out to her daughter the sampler embroidered with the Ten Commandments, although the girl seemed more interested in thimbles.”

“John, 46, runs the club with his wife, Chrissy, and has his thimbles on display there in glass cases.”

“Pat Kelly on the washboard played with ten thimbles on his fingers and gave great rhythm to the band.”