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finger hole
noun
- one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- one of two holes or more on a bowling ball for holding the ball.
- one of a series of holes on a wind instrument for changing the pitch by being opened or closed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of finger hole1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
Gloria fumbled a second with the gun, located the finger hole, sent a spurt of light flying across the room.
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Six finger-holes, and one brass key at the upper side, and one finger-hole for the thumb at the opposite side.
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In some of these old settlements there are houses where the door is still opened from without by a "sneck-bant," or "finger-hole."
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At Kadiak and Unalashka the eccentric index-finger hole returns.
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The index-finger hole is very large and eccentric, forming the handle of the "amphora."
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