finger mark

American  

Or fingermark

noun

1. a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.

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Other Word Forms

• finger-marked adjective

Etymology

Origin of finger mark

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Some varieties, as McIntosh, show almost every finger mark and literally require handling with gloves.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.

When the old lady’s keen eyes, reinforced by her strongest glasses, were unable to discern so much as a finger mark upon anything, Iris knew that it was clean, and not before.

From The Master's Violin by Reed, Myrtle

Timothy: Why wouldn't I, and she at this minute fighting and barging at some poor travelling man, saying he laid a finger mark of bacon-grease upon the lintel of the door.

From Three Wonder Plays by Gregory, Lady

I presume it is the only finger mark extant of any of the conspirators.

From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom

It was written in great agitation and almost illegible, and at the bottom of the paper there was a dirty smudge that might have been a tear stain or a finger mark.

From Fortitude by Walpole, Hugh, Sir