a1867 C. J. Andersson (1875) vii. 99 I was simultaneously struck by five balls—one grazing my left arm and elbow, a second carrying off the knuckle of the pointer finger on the right hand, [etc.].
1930 31 May 24/4 Patsy clasps around our pointer-finger her own four fat, dimpled baby fingers and one squat, wee thumb.
2004 T. Grout in A. Vona 228 Milieu treatment note: Patient continues to sit and attempt to suck her thumb and wrap her pointer finger around her nose.