- finger-man
- 1. 2. see finger1,23. a killerHe pulls the trigger:... the finger-man loiters ahead undetected till the target blunders into him. (le Carré, 1980)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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