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finger post

finger post is the alternative form of fingerpost.

Meaning of fingerpost

Noun

fingerpost (plural fingerposts)

  1. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.
  2. The milepost itself.
    • ...some hint, which, besides confirming him in the theory of virtue, may, likewise, serve for a finger-post to virtuous action.1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence Man, Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1857, page 108

Forms of finger post

pluralfinger posts

Questions about finger post

What is finger post the alternative form of?
Finger post is the alternative form of fingerpost.

Words near finger post in the dictionary

  1. finger pointing
  2. finger pointing at the moon
  3. finger pointings
  4. finger points
  5. finger pointy
  6. finger post
  7. finger posts
  8. finger prayer book
  9. finger prayer books
  10. finger prick
  11. finger prince

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