Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
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Examples
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Then the little fairy-fingers seized the broom, and in a twinkling they were making the house clean.
Stories to Tell to Children Sara Cone Bryant
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Then the little fairy-fingers seized the broom, and in a twinkling they were making the house clean.
Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling Sara Cone Bryant
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Then the little fairy-fingers seized the broom, and in a twinkling they were making the house clean.
Stories to Tell to Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling 1907
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Such a magnificent order ought to give her fairy-fingers.
The American 1877
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Did you see that old goat 'ating the best of me fairy-fingers that all bloomed the day? "she asked eagerly, afraid that the conversation might come to an end at any moment; but Mrs. Connelly took no notice of so trivial a subject.
The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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