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dead fingers

British  

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) med a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis

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But you’d have to pry the manual out of my cold, dead fingers.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

Oh, I feel you—I love my apartment because it’s cheap and in a great part of town, and you will have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2021

You’ll have to prise my cold dead fingers from this gig.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2019

Recent surveys show that the automakers will have to pry the steering wheel from our cold, dead fingers before we let robots take over our roads.

From The Verge ● Jul. 4, 2017

"Jump!" it whispered, and the bare bones of the dead fingers stirred impatiently.

From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller

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