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Hawaiian peace sign n.— «Some refer to it the Hawaiian Peace sign. It’s been termed “flippin’ the bird,” and Dale Earnhart used to call it, “just tellin’ him he’s number one.” But whatever it’s called, they did it in the open, right where...
one-finger peace sign
n.— «Nicole started to flip him off, but she hadn’t ever seen the one-fingered peace sign here.» —by Judith Tarr, Harry Turtledove Household Gods Sept., 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
one-fingered peace sign n.— «After Kimberly flashed the one-fingered peace sign at a fellow motorist last week, she was cited for disorderly conduct, found guilty by a district justice and fined $170.…Do you really think the...
one-finger peace sign n. the raised middle finger, intended as an insult; one-finger salute; the finger; the bird; Rockefeller gesture. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
one-finger peace sign n.— «Last year, as he and 500 others walked across the country on the Great Peace March, onlookers—”Some with a smile, some displaying the one-finger “peace sign’” as one marcher put it—yelled:...