Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The breadth of one finger.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The breadth of a finger; specifically, a long measure, the fourth part of a palm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the length or breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A (usually
approximate andinformal ) unit ofmeasurement based upon theradial width of thehuman finger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
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Examples
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I always wondered about dimwits who go on holiday, then spend the entire trip a fingerbreadth from the hotel television.
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Like as twins they were, though, the man called Che Fan was perhaps a fingerbreadth the taller.
Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983
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Now his sword came out, its point stopping a fingerbreadth from the beaked nose of the fourth man.
Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983
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The most calloused trull would do it, given a fingerbreadth of encouragement, and other women took even less.
Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983
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Now his sword came out, its point stopping a fingerbreadth from the beaked nose of the fourth man.
Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983
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The most calloused trull would do it, given a fingerbreadth of encouragement, and other women took even less.
Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983
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Like as twins they were, though, the man called Che Fan was perhaps a fingerbreadth the taller.
Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983
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The wheel moved a fingerbreadth, then a fingerbreadth more, with a shriek of metal forced into motion after aeons of inactivity.
Conan Of The Isles De Camp, L. Sprague 1968
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I always wondered about dimwits who go on holiday, then spend the entire trip a fingerbreadth from the hotel television.
Indybay newswire 2009
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I always wondered about dimwits who go on holiday, then spend the entire trip a fingerbreadth from the hotel television.
Indybay newswire 2009
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