Greetings,
Would you please tell me what does thumbprinted here mean?
“Finally a battered van came by and they paid into the cracked open door, handed over their photographs taken according to INS requirements showing a single bared ear and a three-quarter profile, and were thumbprined through the crack. ”
Does it mean when they passed their photos through the crack of the door, their finger print were on it, maybe because their hands were sweating?
It's part of Inheritance of Loss, a novel by Kiran Dessay.
Thank you.
Would you please tell me what does thumbprinted here mean?
“Finally a battered van came by and they paid into the cracked open door, handed over their photographs taken according to INS requirements showing a single bared ear and a three-quarter profile, and were thumbprined through the crack. ”
Does it mean when they passed their photos through the crack of the door, their finger print were on it, maybe because their hands were sweating?
It's part of Inheritance of Loss, a novel by Kiran Dessay.
Thank you.