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fingerbones

fingerbones is the plural 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

Questions about fingerbones

What is fingerbones the plural of?
Fingerbones is the plural of fingerbone.

Words near fingerbones in the dictionary

  1. fingerboard
  2. fingerboarder
  3. fingerboarders
  4. fingerboards
  5. fingerbone
  6. fingerbones
  7. fingerbowl
  8. fingerbowls
  9. fingerbreadth
  10. fingerbreadths
  11. fingercot

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