thimble lily (thimbllili)

An Australian liliaceous plant, Bland ford i a nobilis, with racemed flowers of a form to suggest the name. thimble man (thim'bl-man), n.; pl. thimble men (-men). Same as thimblerigger. As the thimble - men say, "There's a fool born every minute." Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 385. thimble-pie (thim'bl-pi), n . Chastisement by means of a sharp tap or blow given with a thimble on the finger. [Prov. Eng.] - To make thimble-pie. See the quotation. Years ago there was one variety [of thimble] which little boys and girls knew as "dame's thimell." It was in constant use in the making of "thimell - pie ," or " thim my - pie ," the dame of the little schools then common in all villages using her thimble - a great iron one - upon the children's heads when punishment was nece ary. This was called thimell - pie making , and the operation was much dreaded. N. and Q., 7th ser., IX. 95.