finger mark

American  

Or fingermark

noun

1. a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.

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Other Word Forms

• finger-marked
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of finger mark

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

I presume it is the only finger mark extant of any of the conspirators.

From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom

It was written in great agitation and almost illegible, and at the bottom of the paper there was a dirty smudge that might have been a tear stain or a finger mark.

From Fortitude by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

Some varieties, as McIntosh, show almost every finger mark and literally require handling with gloves.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.

There's glass knobs on all the doors as will show every finger mark, and will keep me busy wiping from dawn to dark.

From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Warner, Anne

Where he presses, the finger mark remains, filling up sluggishly.

From Pardners by Beach, Rex Ellingwood