0 a kind of metal or plastic capital to protect the finger and push the needle when sewing. -- fingerbøl
It is like the pea under the thimble; first you see it, then you do not.
You look under one thimble, and the pea which you expected to be there is no longer there.
It is the old story of the three thimbles and the pea.
It was very difficult for people who had contact or business with one of these companies to know under which thimble was the pea.
I should as soon have suspected the keeper of a table with three thimbles and a pea to tell under which thimble the pea was.
You never know under which thimble the pea really is, and that is what is so vital.
One may well ask under which thimble is the pea.
He is keeping his case undisclosed like the old thimble rigging man.
