finger-post
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]finger-post (plural finger-posts)
- A signpost
- A derogatory name for a clergyman
- 18th century Francis Grose, quoted in “Twenty-six words we don’t want to lose”
- “A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself.”
- 18th century Francis Grose, quoted in “Twenty-six words we don’t want to lose”