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
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
Lasting only a few seconds, they often lie completely within a five-finger span so that the performer doesn't have to move her or his hands up and down the keyboard.
From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2012
"Hundred!" he called after the first half-minute, and "hundred!" in quarter of a minute more, while Ives raised a hand each time and played five-finger exercises with the other hand upon his thigh.
From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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