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Pointers

British  
/ ˈpɔɪntəz /

plural noun

  1. the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it

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“I’ll dress up, go all out, and you can give me pointers.”

From Literature

What sort of pointers did he think I could give?

From Literature

“Wasn’t I supposed to be giving you pointers?”

From Literature

Jane regularly does digit “workouts” and complains her pointers are sore.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We became quite silent when we found the first bone," he said, adding that there were several pointers indicating that the skeleton belonged to the Sun King's right-hand man.

From BBC

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