little finger

noun

1. the finger farthest from the thumb, the smallest of the five fingers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of little finger¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

It emulates the little finger clamp device hospital staff use when taking your vitals.

From Popular-Science

What’s happening to your armThe ulnar nerve runs the length of the arm, from neck to little finger, and it’s the largest nerve in the human body not protected by muscle or bone.

From Popular-Science

But the key to positive identification was that stubby little finger on his left hand.

From The Daily Beast

Evident today was a new signet ring that Carole has recently taken to wearing on the little finger of her right hand.

From The Daily Beast

“I will shake my little finger and Tito will fall,” said Joe Stalin in 1948.

From The Daily Beast

He was decently dressed in grey tweeds, and wore a diamond ring on his little finger.

From Project Gutenberg

I never saw a man yet that a blow from a womans little finger wouldnt knock him over.

From Project Gutenberg

Peggy stroked her nose with one little finger, and then she leant down towards Collingwood.

From Project Gutenberg

Think of me what you want, but if youll as much as wave your little finger at me, King, Ill follow—and thats flat!

From Project Gutenberg

You are paid fifty pounds per diem to see that there is more brains in my little finger than in all your carcass.

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