five-finger
Americannoun
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any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
noun
Etymology
Origin of five-finger
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fīffingre
Example Sentences
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Veteran linebacker Jon Bostic said if he’s not in cleats, he’s in Crocs, and offensive lineman Wes Schweitzer, a rock climber, likes five-finger toe shoes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
It snared pucks more easily than the goalies’ customary glove, a regular five-finger hockey model with a small amount of padding, and goalies around the league were soon copying his creation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
What was "Ulysses" but Joyce working five-finger changes on the novel after a century of Dickens stories?
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2018
Cage spoke of five-finger exercises, and we heard his Suite for Toy Piano.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2015
The moon-faced clock on the opposite wall ticked monotonously and Chicken Little’s small fingers thumped stiffly at the five-finger exercises while she painfully counted aloud, partly to get the time and partly for company.
From Chicken Little Jane by Ritchie, Lily Munsell
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