thimbledadj.
/ˈθɪmb(ə)ld/ Having, or furnished with, a thimble; in Thieves' slang, wearing a watch.
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thimbled1819
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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.
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