Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plate of metal or porcelain fixed on the edge of a door where the handle is, to prevent soiling by the hand.
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Examples
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There was a handle, it informed her, missing from Badger's desk; the bookcase had a cracked pane, and the glass finger-plate on the door was hanging by a single screw.
Mrs. Miniver 1939
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