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wimble
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synonyms: gimlet ???
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Definition:a simple drill for boring holes; a gimlet
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Suddenly a poignant pain seized him; he felt as though wimbles were drilling into his temples.
Joris-Karl Huysmans. À Rebours.
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In the background, mellowed by tawny shade, were the three women, Maryann Money, and Temperance and Soberness Miller, gathering up the fleeces and twisting ropes of wool with a wimble for tying them round.
Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
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