finger mark

or fin·ger·mark

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noun

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

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Nearby words

finger grass, finger hole, finger in the pie, have a, finger lakes, finger man, finger mark, finger paint, finger painting, finger post, finger puppet, finger reading

Origin of finger mark

First recorded in 1830–40

Related forms

fin·ger-marked, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for finger mark

Here and there the busy spirit of the age had left a finger-mark; no more.
Jan Vedder's Wife|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Henri drank to the finger-mark set, and then Fabian lifted the flask to his lips.
The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete|Gilbert Parker
And if your finger-mark is a tree 250 feet high, there will be no great difficulty in finding the place.
A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed.|William Chauncey Bartlett
She moved like a kind of primitive Una through the virtuous rout, and never got a finger-mark on her freshness.
The Long Run|Edith Wharton

He had feared lest a finger-mark, a blot, or a spark might betray his acquaintance with the deed.
Cousin Henry|Anthony Trollope