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fingersmiths

fingersmiths is the plural of fingersmith.

Meaning of fingersmith

Noun

fingersmith (plural fingersmiths)

  1. (archaic, historical, slang) pickpocket
    • "What do you call yourself, then?"
      "Me? I'm a fingersmith. I'm a professional fingersmith." He spoke the words solemnly and proudly, as though he were telling me he was the President of the Royal College of Surgeons or the Archbishop of Canterbury.
      "I've never heard that word before," I said. "Did...1977, Roald Dahl, The Hitch-Hiker, Atlantic Monthly
  2. (archaic, historical, slang) midwife

Questions about fingersmiths

What is fingersmiths the plural of?
Fingersmiths is the plural of fingersmith.

Words near fingersmiths in the dictionary

  1. fingers were made before forks
  2. fingersbreadth
  3. fingersbreadths
  4. fingersful
  5. fingersmith
  6. fingersmiths
  7. fingersome
  8. fingerspell
  9. fingerspelled
  10. fingerspeller
  11. fingerspellers

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