thimblefuls

- Yes, and where do those thimblefuls of ashes finally end up?

A Shift in Policy? Moon Base Axed? - NASA Watch 2009

And for the Wall Street types Jerry hoped would offer him consulting contracts and who, Marilyn imagined, spent most other evenings nibbling thimblefuls of caviar and fussy little canapés at fundraisers for theMetropolitanMuseumand the Metropolitan Opera she served meatloaf, or even macaroni and cheese, to great delight— and once, even actual applause.

Fascination Susan Kleinman 2011

For their DNA study, researchers used thimblefuls of powdered bone extracted from these three Neanderthal bones found in the Vindija cave.

Most People Carry Neanderthal Genes 2010

From thimblefuls of powdered bone, the researchers pieced together about three billion base pairs of DNA, covering about two-thirds of the Neanderthal genome.

Most People Carry Neanderthal Genes 2010

Did you have some of those thimblefuls of rocket coffee they call “bica”?

bubbles 2007

And the Victorians accomplished mere thimblefuls compared with the baroque.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

But when British newspapers pounced upon the transgression, they scolded the lad less for his politics than his manners, taking deepest offense at his complaint about the “thimblefuls of ice cream and hard seed cakes” served in English ballrooms.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

But when British newspapers pounced upon the transgression, they scolded the lad less for his politics than his manners, taking deepest offense at his complaint about the “thimblefuls of ice cream and hard seed cakes” served in English ballrooms.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

Again, my friend Lady MacScrew, who has three grenadier flunkeys in lace round the table, and serves up a scrag-of-mutton on silver, and dribbles you out bad sherry and port by thimblefuls, is a

The Book of Snobs 2006

Aunt Ann put her wineglass to her lips; it contained two thimblefuls of brown sherry — a present from dear

On Forsyte 'Change 2004