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fingertipful en · NOUN

Etymology

From fingertip + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount of a substance that covers a person's fingertip.
   • The good Fathers coming into the chapel to evening Benediction, securing liberal fingertipsful of holy water, as was their pious wont, and—disaster. 1937 February, Harriet L. Carritte, “Saint John Berchmans”, in The Ethos, volume 10, number 1, Boston, Mass.: Emmanuel College, page 107:
   • Remove old make-up and powder with a few speedy fingertipfuls of cleansing Jergens Face Cream. 1943, Radio Mirror, page 55:

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