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Nimble-fingered   /nˈɪmbəl-fˈɪŋgərd/   Listen
Nimble-fingered

adjective
1.
Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets.  Synonym: light-fingered.  "The light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"






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"Nimble-fingered" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nimble-fingered Kitty was the first to open hers, and the rest were not long following suit, revealing to the enraptured gaze quaint and oddly designed gold rings, the monogram of the We ...
— Blue Bonnet in Boston - or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's • Caroline E. Jacobs



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