? dial. A small flask, a phial.
1727. W. Mather, Yng. Man’s Comp., 92. Put a Pennyworth of the Spirit of Vitriol in a Thumb Bottle.
1782. Wolcott (P. Pindar), Odes R. Acad., iii. 48. A walking thumb-bottle of aqua-fortis.
1830–3. Carleton, Traits, etc., Irish Peas. (1843), I. 44. If I don’t cork you in a thumb-bottle for this, I’m not here.
