fingerpost
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Fingerpost_at_Chawton.jpg/220px-Fingerpost_at_Chawton.jpg)
fingerpost (plural fingerposts)
- A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
- The milepost itself.
- 1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence Man, Dix, Edwards & Co., 1857. Page 108.
- ...some hint, which, besides confirming him in the theory of virtue, may, likewise, serve for a finger-post to virtuous action.
- 1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence Man, Dix, Edwards & Co., 1857. Page 108.
See also
Further reading
fingerpost on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
board that shows the direction to a named place
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the milepost itself — see milepost