Re: 4 digits? Another idiom?? nt


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Posted by tleemay on October 08, 2001 at 18:24:50:

In Reply to: 4 digits? Another idiom?? nt posted by Maciek on October 05, 2001 at 13:06:11:

Not at all. The fingers on one's hands are commonly referred to as digits.

From Webster's;

dig·it / n. 1. A human finger or toe.

If you cut two fingers off of one glove, that's a
total of four exposed fingers, or four exposed
digits, that no longer have neoprene covering
them.


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