Some were produced with changeable top joints which allowed the flageolet to be played as a flute or fife.

He had a wart on the top joint of his right thumb.

He finally detected that they were unnaturally long and reached level with the top joint of the index finger.

Her wings were soaked clear to the feathers of their top joints.

One arm from wrist to elbow had been chewed so that not a piece of bone bigger than the top joint of her finger remained.

Doctors were forced to fuse the bones at the end of the finger, permanently depriving the top joint of its flexibility.

Trunk like upper arms supported dual elbows; he had attached heavy-calibre gaussrifles to the top joints.

There was a flash of steel as his dagger sliced off the top joint of the index finger.

He was also missing the top joint of the first finger on his left hand.

He lost the top joint of the first finger on his left hand in a mining accident.