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Macrobius says the thumb is too busy to be set apart, the forefinger and little finger are only half protected, the middle finger is called medʹicus, and is too opprobrioas for the purpose of honour, so the only finger left is the pronŭbus or wedding finger. (See Ring, Fingers.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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