Thimblettes are also known as rubber finger tips, rubber finger cones or rubber thimbles. The term thimblette appears to be more widely used in Great Britain and Australia than elsewhere. This word does not appear in dictionaries such as the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and The Fairchild Books: Dictionary of Textiles, but it has become an acceptable term on the internet.
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 8th July 2016).
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