Meanings
nounfingerbone (plural fingerbones)
plural fingerbones · alternative finger bone
- 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.
1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] Two Witches.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 61
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