A children's game in which one player hides an object, traditionally a thimble, and the other players have to find it.
you could while away a long journey playing hunt the thimble
Example sentencesExamples
- He is playing a game of hunt-the-thimble, searching every corner of the room.
- June played a series of traditional games with her mother, including Hunt the Thimble.
- "I don't want to play hunt the thimble with Bobbie again; he hides things in such very odd places!"
- I thought of the old childhood game of hunt-the-thimble, which I used to play with an aunt.
- Hunt the thimble used to be a popular childhood game.