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fingerache

fingerache noun: any pain or ache in the finger.

Noun

fingerache (countable and uncountable, plural fingeraches)

  1. Any pain or ache in the finger.
    • Who never knewest finger-ache, nor pang, Of wrench'd or broken limb - an often chance1878, Lord Alfred Tennyson, The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, page 366

Forms of fingerache

pluralfingeraches
alternative formfinger ache

Origin of fingerache

From finger + ache.

Questions about fingerache

What does fingerache mean?
Fingerache means any pain or ache in the finger.
What part of speech is fingerache?
Fingerache is a noun.
What is the plural of fingerache?
The plural of fingerache is fingeraches.

Words near fingerache in the dictionary

  1. finger-wag
  2. finger-wagged
  3. finger-wagging
  4. finger-wags
  5. fingerable
  6. fingerache
  7. fingeraches
  8. fingerbang
  9. fingerbanged
  10. fingerbanger
  11. fingerbangers

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