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have fingers made of lime-twigs

have fingers made of lime-twigs verb: to be prone or inclined to steal.

Verb

have fingers made of lime-twigs (third-person singular simple present has fingers made of lime-twigs, present participle having fingers made of lime-twigs, simple past and past participle had fingers made of lime-twigs)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, rare) To be prone or inclined to steal.

Forms of have fingers made of lime-twigs

third-person singular presenthas fingers made of lime-twigs
present participlehaving fingers made of lime-twigs
past participlehad fingers made of lime-twigs
pasthad fingers made of lime-twigs

Questions about have fingers made of lime-twigs

What does have fingers made of lime-twigs mean?
Have fingers made of lime-twigs means to be prone or inclined to steal.
What part of speech is have fingers made of lime-twigs?
Have fingers made of lime-twigs is a verb.
What is the past tense of have fingers made of lime-twigs?
The past tense of have fingers made of lime-twigs is had fingers made of lime-twigs.

Words near have fingers made of lime-twigs in the dictionary

  1. have eyes bigger than one's belly
  2. have eyes bigger than one's stomach
  3. have eyes for
  4. have eyes in the back of one's head
  5. have eyes on
  6. have fingers made of lime-twigs
  7. have form
  8. have full hands
  9. have fun
  10. have fun with Dick and Jane
  11. have got

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