| 单词 | thimbling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈthimbling ˈthimbling n. and adj. using a thimble in sewing; also = thimblerigging n. and adj. at thimblerig v. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ 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 thimbling1659 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action bulling1532 cogging1570 cozening1576 coney-catching1591 fool-taking1592 gulling1600 bat-fowling1602 sharking1602 imposturing1618 mountebanking1672 shamming1677 sharping1692 fineering1765 overreachinga1774 pigeoning1808 flat-catching1821 thimble-shifting1834 thimblerigging1839 strawing1851 thimbling1857 fiddling1884 piking1884 ramping1891 1659 H. M. Pair Spectacles for Purblind Nation 4 Cobling Hewson, Cooper, thimbling Barkstead, Bury, and the rest of their Confederates. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 38 Pretty sempstresses, warbling melodious hymns as they sat needling and thimbling at their windows above. 1856 J. Ballantine Wee Raggit Laddie in Poems xiv Ilk thimblin' thievin' gamblin' diddler..Chase thee like fire. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye II. xiii. 195 If you have not sufficient capital, why do you engage in so deep a trade as thimbling? < as lemmas |
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