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单词 thimbled
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thimbledadj.

/ˈθɪmb(ə)ld/
Etymology: < thimble n. + -ed suffix2.
Having, or furnished with, a thimble; in Thieves' slang, wearing a watch.
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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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