Meaning & origin
What it means
Fingerman goes back to Yiddish פֿינגער, meaning “finger, toe.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Yiddish פֿינגער (“finger, toe”), built from English finger + man.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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