finger mark
noun
a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
finger-marked
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a word derived from
finger mark.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Stringfellow flipped through the finger-marked pages, read an 11-year-old question: "If there is any nickel in iron, does it adversely affect the life of the cell?"
From Time Magazine Archive
I had a terrible time getting the necessary export permit, a document about ten pages long, smudged and finger-marked, dotted with tax stamps, official stamps, signatures and more signatures.
From Time Magazine Archive
He opened the envelope and read the finger-marked enclosure by the light of matches shielded behind his hat.
From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson
His fingers touched it and brought out the creased, finger-marked scrap of paper.
From Mr. Wicker's Window by Ward, Lynd
He put large fat hands on the obvious and there is nothing but the obvious there; and it is all finger-marked and frayed.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
