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Examples
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Clearly, if you can get to be President with a thimblefull of experience than I guess a Senator needs a lot less on their resume in America these days.
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Arse like a little thimblefull of sweetest nectar, I have.
Sphincterine MJ 2006
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My GP was most unimpressed that I didn't see him before now - an emergency appointment, as I had a sudden bleeding attack at 5am, not the usual thimblefull, but a cupfull.
Warning! Time Waster Ahead! Zoe Brain 2007
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My GP was most unimpressed that I didn't see him before now - an emergency appointment, as I had a sudden bleeding attack at 5am, not the usual thimblefull, but a cupfull.
Archive 2007-04-01 Zoe Brain 2007
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And Major, please add to it an ounce of the hyson and a thimblefull of white sugar.
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It proclaimed in 1844 and 1845, that not a thimblefull of blood would be shed by any war growing out of the annexation of Texas, when that war sacrificed thousands of lives, and has cost us millions in money and land.
Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors William Gannaway Brownlow 1841
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At length, beginning to grow sleepy, he retired to his chamber, taking with him a queer little lamp the landlord gave him, which appeared to hold only about a thimblefull of oil.
Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way Walter Aimwell 1840
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That is why we are overrun with illegals, are beat to death with taxes and high fuel costs, and only have 2 parties switching power back and forth instead of anyone running this nation with a thimblefull of common sense.
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That is why we are overrun with illegals, are beat to death with taxes and high fuel costs, and only have 2 parties switching power back and forth instead of anyone running this nation with a thimblefull of common sense.
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That is why we are overrun with illegals, are beat to death with taxes and high fuel costs, and only have 2 parties switching power back and forth instead of anyone running this nation with a thimblefull of common sense.
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