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

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

From Pardners by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

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

Timothy: Why wouldn't I, and she at this minute fighting and barging at some poor travelling man, saying he laid a finger mark of bacon-grease upon the lintel of the door.

From Three Wonder Plays by Gregory, Lady

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

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