finger mark
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of finger mark
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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When the old lady’s keen eyes, reinforced by her strongest glasses, were unable to discern so much as a finger mark upon anything, Iris knew that it was clean, and not before.
From The Master's Violin by Reed, Myrtle
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
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
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
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