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trigger finger EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun any finger, usually the forefinger, that presses the trigger of a gun. either forefinger, depending on which hand is dominant. Pathology. difficulty in straightening or bending a ring finger, caused by inflammation and thickening of its tendon. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of trigger finger First recorded in 1820–30 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for trigger finger Historical Examples of trigger finger
But even as it did so Peter Champneys’s trigger-finger moved.
Marie Conway Oemler
Gripping his revolver hard, his trigger-finger steady, the corporal fired again, and another of his foes fell.
James Cowan
The speaker smoothed the barrel of his rifle with mittened hand, which had, however, a trigger-finger free.
Gilbert Parker
Suppose that the Carolina trigger-finger slipped, as Hunter had nonchalantly admitted might happen: what then?
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
Marie Conway Oemler
The brain, head, and eyes and trigger-finger must all work in harmony or you will never be a good shot.
Claude H. Miller
