finger-post

noun — 2 senses

finger-post

noun
1

A signpost

2

A derogatory name for a clergyman

  • 18th century Francis Grose, quoted in “Twenty-six words we don’t want to lose” “A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself.”

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