单词 | thimbled |
释义 | thimbledadj. Having, or furnished with, a thimble; in Thieves' slang, wearing a watch. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [adjective] > having or wearing a watch thimbled1819 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing > using a thimble > having or furnished with thimbled1851 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 218 Thimbled, having or wearing a watch. 1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 21 With her thimbled finger. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 3/2 Long before either Dutch or English thought of thimbles Chinese ladies were thimbled when they worked at their embroidery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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