thimbleful

[ thim-buh l-foo l ]

/ ˈθɪm bəlˌfʊl /

the amount that a thimble will hold.

a small quantity, especially of liquid.

Origin of thimbleful

First recorded in 1600–10; thimble + -ful

See -ful.

Even more important, I got in my thimbleful of quality time with the man himself.

Russell Brand: Not Quite a Messiah |James Poulos |October 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Sulphur to purify the blood may be taken three times a week—a thimbleful in a glass of milk before breakfast.

Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners |B.G. Jefferis
He tossed off a thimbleful of the purple wine with a flourish.

Chance in Chains |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
A grass-seed and a thimbleful of soil set all the sciences at nought.

Prose Fancies |Richard Le Gallienne

He poured himself out about a thimbleful of the potent spirit and drank it off.

A Very Naughty Girl |L. T. Meade
Cain't I take a thimbleful now'n then without all this jawin'?

Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays |Various

thimbleful

/ (ˈθɪmbəlˌfʊl) /

a very small amount, esp of a liquid