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finger bone

finger bone is the alternative form of fingerbone.

Meaning of fingerbone

Noun

fingerbone (plural fingerbones)

  1. A bone in the finger.
    • She hadn’t found the finger-bone she wanted
      Among the buttons poured out in her lap.
      I verified the name next morning: Toffile.
      The rural letter box said Toffile Lajway.1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] Two Witches.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 61

Forms of finger bone

pluralfinger bones

Questions about finger bone

What is finger bone the alternative form of?
Finger bone is the alternative form of fingerbone.

Words near finger bone in the dictionary

  1. finger bar
  2. finger bars
  3. finger berry
  4. finger biscuit
  5. finger biscuits
  6. finger bone
  7. finger bones
  8. finger bowl
  9. finger bowls
  10. finger bread
  11. finger breads

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