- A
thimble is a
small pitted cup worn on the
finger that
protects it from
being pricked or
poked by a
needle while sewing. The Old
English word þȳmel,...
-
Thimble Theatre. The
strip was in its
tenth year when
Popeye made his debut, but the one-e****
sailor quickly became the lead character, and
Thimble Theatre...
- The
Thimble Islands is an
archipelago consisting of
small islands in Long
Island Sound,
located in and
around the
harbor of
Stony Cr**** in the southeast...
- The
thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata) is a
species of
cnidarian found in the warm West
Atlantic Ocean,
including the Caribbean. It is a tiny jellyfish...
- the
thimble (also
known as hide the
thimble or hide the
handkerchief in both the US and the UK) is a
party game in
which one
person hides a
thimble, or...
- pop
culture character who
first appeared in 1929 in Segar's
comic strip Thimble Theatre.
Charles M.
Schulz said of Segar's work: "I
think Popeye was a...
- game has also been
called "thimblerig" as it
could be pla****
using sewing thimbles. The
first recorded use of the term "thimblerig" is in 1826. The swindle...
-
Thimble End is a
neighbourhood on the
outskirts of
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It has been
developed several times with the
construction and...
-
Thimble Summer is a
novel by
Elizabeth Enright that won the 1939
Newbery Medal. It is set in Depression-era
rural Wisconsin. The very
evening that nine-year-old...
- of the
bridge and was
formerly located at
South Thimble Island, near the
south end. At
South Thimble Island, p****ing
ships may
include U.S. Navy warships...
