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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a thimble" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small, cup-shaped tool used for sewing to protect the finger while pushing a needle through fabric.
Example: "She reached for a thimble before starting her sewing project to avoid pricking her finger."
Alternatives: "a sewing thimble" or "a finger protector".
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It's a thimble.
He could fit in a thimble.
/ You suffer in a thimble and there's nothing coming next.
See?" And she held up a thimble brimming with tears.
The device consists of a thimble on a motorised arm.
I've got a thimble with John Wayne's face on it [see above].
So we're pledging to fill no more than a thimble in 2016.
And what he knew about the sea could fill a thimble.
I had also been warned that the "housemade granola" came in a thimble.
They're to supplement my daily diet of a thimble of avocado spread on a rice cake.
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She carried a thimble-size basket woven so cleverly that I laughed in pleasure.
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