finger post

noun

a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.

Origin of finger post

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby finger post

finger-nose test, finger paint, finger painting, fingerpick, finger-pointing, finger post, fingerprint, finger puppet, finger reading, fingerspell, fingerspelling

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Example sentences from the Web for finger post

At a cross-road there was a finger-post, and it read, "To Kilburn."
A Son of Hagar|Sir Hall Caine
It is reached by a winding lane turning off the high-road, beside a finger-post and two ugly modern cottages.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
We passed the finger-post, and held straight on to the churchyard.
Great Expectations|Charles Dickens
He was still upon his legs, with his outstretched arm pointing to the door like a finger-post.
The Talk of the Town, Volume 2 (of 2)|James Payn

He had called a woman a finger-post, and forthwith she had offered to come to him and be finger-post to him for life!
The Last Chronicle of Barset|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for finger post

finger post

noun

a signpost showing a pointing finger or hand

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单词	finger post
释义	finger post noun a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand. Origin of finger post First recorded in 1775–85 Words nearby finger post finger-nose test, finger paint, finger painting, fingerpick, finger-pointing, finger post, fingerprint, finger puppet, finger reading, fingerspell, fingerspelling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for finger post At a cross-road there was a finger-post, and it read, "To Kilburn." A Son of Hagar\|Sir Hall Caine It is reached by a winding lane turning off the high-road, beside a finger-post and two ugly modern cottages. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries\|Charles G. Harper We passed the finger-post, and held straight on to the churchyard. Great Expectations\|Charles Dickens He was still upon his legs, with his outstretched arm pointing to the door like a finger-post. The Talk of the Town, Volume 2 (of 2)\|James Payn He had called a woman a finger-post, and forthwith she had offered to come to him and be finger-post to him for life! The Last Chronicle of Barset\|Anthony Trollope British Dictionary definitions for finger post finger post noun a signpost showing a pointing finger or hand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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