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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Thimbles #53212 01/25/02 02:15 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Your mention of thimbles brings to mind a couple of my favorite German words. The German word for thimble is Fingerhut which means literally, 'finger hat'. The word for glove is Handschuh, 'handshoe'. Incredibly literal minded, those Krauts. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A challenge wwh 01/19/02 02:21 AM Re: A challenge Jackie 01/19/02 01:40 PM Re: A challenge wwh 01/19/02 01:45 PM Re: A challenge wwh 01/19/02 03:11 PM Re: A challenge Wordwind 01/19/02 03:19 PM Re: A challenge wwh 01/19/02 04:21 PM The source of the tar TEd Remington 01/24/02 05:37 PM Re: The source of the tar wwh 01/24/02 06:24 PM Re: The source of the tar maverick 01/24/02 07:49 PM Re: The source of the tar wwh 01/24/02 08:30 PM Re: A challenge to Maverick wwh 01/24/02 09:21 PM Re: A challenge to Maverick of troy 01/24/02 09:33 PM Re: A challenge to Maverick wwh 01/24/02 10:24 PM whale v---t wofahulicodoc 01/24/02 11:57 PM Re: whale v---t wwh 01/25/02 01:18 AM Thimbles Bobyoungbalt 01/25/02 02:15 AM Re: Thimbles wwh 01/25/02 02:22 AM Re: Thimbles Capital Kiwi 01/25/02 10:08 PM Re: Thimbles Keiva 01/25/02 11:01 PM Re: Thimbles wwh 01/26/02 01:14 AM Dachau consuelo 01/26/02 12:06 AM Re: Dachau Capital Kiwi 01/26/02 01:13 AM Thar she blows plutarch 01/25/02 11:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 963 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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