finger post

American  

noun

1. a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.

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finger post British  

noun

1. a signpost showing a pointing finger or hand

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Etymology

Origin of finger post

First recorded in 1775–85

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Example Sentences

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finger post

At the angle of the white road a dark and solitary figure was standing almost as still as a finger post.

From The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

The cob, as Chippy called it, was a small knoll on which stood a finger post, with many arms to guide wayfarers along the roads which met at Shotford Corner.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by John Finnemore

Oh, oh! then 'twas on this plan that you parted with me on the road, standing like a finger post, "you walk up that way, and I must walk down this."

From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous

When you arrive at the finger post, the eye is delighted with a grand view over the country; the village and church being in front..

From A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington by Charles Pye

A guide post, hand or finger post by the road side for directing travellers: compared to a parson, because, like him, it sets people in the right way.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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