Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An implement for regaining a rod or tool which has been dropped or broken in a bored shaft.
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Examples
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These were the cows that milked hardest of all; for his journey-milkmen being more or less casually hired, he would not entrust this half-dozen to their treatment, lest, from indifference, they should not milk them fully; nor to the maids, lest they should fail in the same way for lack of finger-grip; with the result that in course of time the cows would 'go azew' -- that is, dry up.
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These were the cows that milked hardest of all; for his journey-milkmen being more or less casually hired, he would not entrust this half-dozen to their treatment, lest, from indifference, they should not milk them fully; nor to the maids, lest they should fail in the same way for lack of finger-grip; with the result that in course of time the cows would "go azew" -- that is, dry up.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884
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I think we've got so close in previous year, we're talking finger-grip on that last bit, but we've never done it, so it would be incredibly disappointing for this to be a chapter not to go on to be successful. "
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