Rubber finger

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Turn a sheet of paper with a rubber finger

The rubber finger or page turner is a thimble-like knobbed cover for the fingertip made of soft rubber , with which paper can be touched without wetting the finger. It is used to make it easier to count stacks of paper, e.g. B. when counting banknotes . It is also used for sorting letters and is therefore particularly widespread among postmen .

In the past , a page turner was also used to describe letters, numbering or the like that were glued to the edge of the page in order to facilitate the search for content.

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Individual evidence

  1. Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present . 4th edition. Publishing house by HA Pierer , Altenburg 1865 ( zeno.org [accessed on January 16, 2020] lexicon entry "Blattwender").