Definitions
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- adjective As tightly
screwed as can be made by thestrength of one's fingers, without the use of anytools : that is, without any special equipment.
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Examples
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Any time you thoroughly clean the bores, make sure you take the tube out, wipe off the old lube, clean the threads with a wire brush, put on a fresh drop of oil or grease, then screw the choke back in finger-tight.
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Place the lids on the jar and screw on caps so that they are finger-tight.
Summer, Preserved Mercedes 2007
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Place the lids on the jar and screw on caps so that they are finger-tight.
Archive 2007-09-01 Mercedes 2007
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Could someone tell me why bolts on rotors of brand-new aircraft from the factory are found finger-tight on rotor systems and had to go into rework?
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But he forgot that the oil line connection was only finger-tight.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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But he forgot that the oil line connection was only finger-tight.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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But he forgot that the oil line connection was only finger-tight.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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But he forgot that the oil line connection was only finger-tight.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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But he forgot that the oil line connection was only finger-tight.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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But he forgot that the oil line connection was only finger-tight.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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