Fingerbone

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bone in the finger.

    "She hadn’t found the finger-bone she wanted Among the buttons poured out in her lap. I verified the name next morning: Toffile. The rural letter box said Toffile Lajway."

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"She hadn’t found the finger-bone she wanted Among the buttons poured out in her lap. I verified the name next morning: Toffile. The rural letter box said Toffile Lajway."

Etymology

From finger + bone.

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