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Catchword for “finger trouble”
Catchword: finger trouble
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Part of speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: It was an assembly error in the car’s in-line six that led to a blow-up and fire as one of the conrods left the scene of the crime through the side of the engine block. Race teams put such failures down to “finger trouble,” since they are often due to mechanics doing something wrong with their hands.
Article or Document Title:
“Pointing the finger”
Article, document, publication, web site:
Sunday Times
Publishing location:
Perth, Australia
Date of publication:
Jan. 21, 2007
Page number:
R19
This cite belongs to a full entry for finger trouble.
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