Word: fingered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Paul shook his finger in her face. "I consider your attitude childish, Leontine. Every morning I myself shall give you a shooting lesson in the garden...
With all the latest psychological concepts at his finger tips, the Vagabond has given considerable thought to the sad case of Mr. McKee. The first solution that came to mind was that the patient had been a victim of misfortune in his family life, and had himself been subjected to some of the harrowing experiences with his drunken and feeble-minded offspring which so afflicted the patient fathers and mothers of his illustratfons...
...perhaps Flandrau put his finger on it in the following rather long paragraph in his delightful story, "The Class Day Idyl...
...been said that the success of Perdriat resembles that of a cinema actress, in its brevity, its monetary aspect, its exaggerations. Her first painting, a landscape done with her finger nails and bits of cotton, was immediately acquired by the Queen of Norway. The queer Perdriat legend promptly began, a legend fostered by that somewhat anonymous and powerful group, "her friends," who apparently had been already convinced of her genius and were waiting only for the opportunity to lavish praises on its fruits...
...they do every night, the problem of continuity in their dialogues seems a mammoth one. "We write our own stuff between shows in that room down the corridor," said Amos. "Andy does the typing and what a horrible typist that boy is! He's one of those two-finger experts. I do the dictating...