Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Fingers before Forks.

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Fingers.

Fingers’ Ends.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Fingers before Forks.

“This Vulcan was a smith, they tell us,

That first invented tongs and bellows;

For breath and fingers did their works

(We’d fingers long before we’d forks).”

King Art of Love.

Fingers.

Fingers’ Ends.

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