Green’s Dictionary of Slang

stink-finger n.

also stick-finger, stinky-finger, stinky-pinky

1. manual stimulation of the female genitals by the middle finger.

[US] in G. Legman Limerick (1953) 277: While I’ll own that stinkfinger’s amusing, / Still, this constant delay / Tends to hold up the play, / And this goom on the deck’s most confusing.
[UK]P. Terson Night to Make the Angels Weep (1967) I ii: It’s not going to be like that – whilst ’Oskie and me harrk to your snores of sweet stinky finger – not a bit of it.
[US]J. Webb Fields of Fire (1980) 239: And the next time you’ll want to cop a feel, maybe get a stinky finger. And after that you’ll want a ride.
[US]N. Proffitt Gardens of Stone (1985) 119: They would [...] work on getting drunk or getting a little stink-finger.
[Scot]I. Welsh Glue 39: Ah settles her doon oan the couch giein her the stinky-pinky for a bit, sliding ma hand up that wee kilt and inside her pants.
[NZ]D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 178/1: stink finger n. 2 a fondle with one’s partner during visits.
[Scot](con. 1980s) I. Welsh Skagboys 27: Ah’m giein this burd the stinky pinky.

2. a gesture with the raised middle finger (the remaing digits are curled)[its use in sexual foreplay].

[Aus]J. Byrell Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 251: [He] gives him the old stink-finger sign, resigns on the spot and toss the apron in the slops bucket and strides out the bar doors.

3. (N.Z. prison) an officer who performs rectal examinations.

[NZ]D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 178/1: stink finger n. l a prison officer who conducts internal searches of inmates.

In phrases

play (at) stink-finger (v.)

to manually stimulate a woman’s genitals.

[[US]Flash (N.Y.) 31 Oct. 3/4: [signature to a letter to the editor] Stinkfinger].
[US] in T.P. Lowry Stories the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell (1994) ) 37: He has had a serious time of it. I don’t think he will play stink finger with Jack’s gals any more.
[UK] limerick in Pearl 2 Aug. 35: There was a young parson of Eltham, / Who seldom fucked whores, but oft felt ’em. / In the lanes he would linger, / And play at stick [sic] finger, / ’Twas on the way home that he smelt ’em.
[UK]‘Walter’ My Secret Life (1966) II 241: Sitting where I was, and playing at stink-finger, my position was inconvenient.
[US]H. Miller Sexus (1969) 348: The only other thing to do was to play stink-finger or suck her off.
[UK]‘Count Palmiro Vicarion’ Limericks 87: In lanes he would linger / And play at stick-finger / And scream with delight when he smelt ’em.
[US](con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 52: Let me smell your hand. I can tell, you rotten bastard. Find out whether you been playing stink finger.
[US]‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp 29: All you studs stop playing stink-finger with those long cock whores.
[US]R. Price Blood Brothers 240: My old man and Chubby, two fuckin’ fifty-year-old pussy chasers [...] old men playin’ stink-finger.
[US]D.R. Pollock Devil All the Time 8: [S]he’d spread her legs and let them play stink finger with her snatch.