one-fingered peace sign

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 constitutional framers had the finger in mind when they wrote the First Amendment?» —“The right to bear arms and fingers” by Tom Hritz Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania) Oct. 25, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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