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finger

noun as in appendage of hand

verb as in touch lightly

verb as in choose, designate

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I had to develop a feel for how to grip the blade, pinched between my thumb and index finger, just above the handle for control.

Taking to social media in a coordinated movement with Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, she asked followers to take a black and white photo holding their finger to their lips with the hashtag BreakTheSilence.

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Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

She converged her fingers to a point, wrists bent slightly, so that her hands formed two “beaks.”

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"Younger people tend to like finger food with various dips and sauces."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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