Definitions
hand tool for boring holes
Word origin
From Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-Norman wimble, a variation of guimble (“drill”), from the Middle Low German wiemel; continued in Modern French as gibelet.
Used in a sentence
“The box was close on every side, with a little door for me to go in and out, and a few gimlet holes to let in air.”
“I would find by the edge of that water / The collar-bone of a hare / Worn thin by the lapping of water, / And pierce it through with a gimlet and stare [...]”
“Yeah, a piece of advice — once you’re back in circulation, don’t keep topping off a lady’s vodka gimlet when she’s not looking.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hand auger”6 letters
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