THIMBLEFUL
Thim"ble*ful, n.; pl. Thimblefuls (.
Defn: As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love. Dryden.
THIMBLERIG
Thim"ble*rig`, n.
Defn: A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
THIMBLERIG
Thim"ble*rig`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thimblerigging.]
Defn: To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
THIMBLERIGGER
Thim"ble*rig`ger, n.
Defn: One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
THIMBLEWEED
Thim"ble*weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; — so called from their conical receptacles.