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"t1": "about, all over"
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"etymology_text": "From be- (“about, all over”) + finger.",
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"ref": "1901, Proceedings of The... Annual Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons ...",
"text": "Unfortunately, lack of scientific training on the part of medical attendants who probe and befinger wounds without proper antiseptic precautions is met with too often."
}
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"To finger all over."
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"(transitive) To finger all over."
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