Thimbleful

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thimbleful \Thim"ble*ful\, n.; pl. {Thimblefuls}.
     As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
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           For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love.
                                                    --Dryden.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thimbleful
       n : as much as a thimble will hold [syn: {thimble}]