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Definition of "fingerpost" [fingerpost]

  • A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost (noun)
  • The milepost itself (noun)

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Use "fingerpost" in a sentence
  • "John sees, in that entirely insignificant thing, a kind of fingerpost pointing to far more important, deeper, and real correspondences."
  • "I think of the Tower of London like a tall fingerpost pointing up to God."
  • "The road dropped a little into Milford, and the thing shied, put down its head and bolted, and Mr. Hoopdriver only thought of the brake when the fingerpost was passed."
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