finger mark
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of finger mark
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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She said that the person was trying to erase God's finger mark upon the human soul who would prevent anybody, man or woman, from following natural bent and ability in any avocation.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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 Myrtle Reed
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 Sir Hugh Walpole
Some varieties, as McIntosh, show almost every finger mark and literally require handling with gloves.
From Apple Growing by M. C. Burritt
Where he presses, the finger mark remains, filling up sluggishly.
From Pardners by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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