The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thimbleful \Thim"ble*ful\, n.; pl. Thimblefuls. As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of thimbleful English)
Usage examples of "thimblefuls".
Points of biolumines-cence were evident nearby, fireflies bouncing on the air, thimblefuls of abdominal light.
He had devised a strategy beforehand to bring it off -- looking at nothing at all for a long time, then gazing at the Yeunner, gathering strength from the creature, as it were, and then letting his eyes rest upon Morana as she sat there, tuxedo'd and painted as he was, with her short black hair parted in the middle and greased down flat, as was his, and with blue eyes like two thimblefuls of ocean.
I took it, and also the next issue, and finally Moira Longerman herself, followed by Binny, fought her way out of the throng, holding two glasses high to avoid having the expensive thimblefuls knocked flying.
It was the sort of place that encourages talking in whispers, so George and I muttered over the coffee, getting such warmth as we could from our thimblefuls of port.
In this Age when guildmistresses collect precious thimblefuls of glittering leavings from the seams of their husband's workclothes to give to the local redeemer, when the very dust of the air of larger workplaces is distilled, such a prize could hardly go unclaimed.