GR translation: horn finger

[David Morris]

horned
hôrnd/
*adjective*

   1. *1*.
   having a horn or horns.
   "horned cattle"
   2. *2*.
   literary
   crescent-shaped.
   "the horned moon"


Definition #2

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Shaped like a horn: horned-finger, like a hook to catch the crab.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:51 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V710.38-711.8, P724.41-12   “Just a humble guy,” the swarthy doughboy of
>> the deep scratching in his groin after an elusive crab with a horn finger,
>> rippling the ballooning pleats and fabric of his trousers, “just a
>> freckleface kid from Albert Lea, Minnesota, down there on Route 69 where
>> the speed limit’s lickety-split all night long, just tryin’ t’ make it in
>> the Zone here, kind of a freckleface kid used a safety pin through a cork
>> for a catwhisker and stayed up listened to the voices coast to coast before
>> I was 10 and none of them ever recommended gettin’ into any of them gang
>> wars, buddih. Be glad you’re still so fuckin’ naïve, Rog, wait’ll you see
>> your first European-gangster hit, they like to use 3 rounds: head, stomach,
>> and heart You dig that stomach? Over here stomach’s no second-class organ,
>> podner ’n’ that’s a good autumn kind of thought to keep in mind.”
>>
>> What's a "horn finger"?
>>
>
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