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long betwixt the fingers

long betwixt the fingers adjective: delayed, drawn out, or reluctantly completed.

Adjective

long betwixt the fingers (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic, obsolete) Delayed, drawn out, or reluctantly completed.

Questions about long betwixt the fingers

What does long betwixt the fingers mean?
Long betwixt the fingers means delayed, drawn out, or reluctantly completed.
What part of speech is long betwixt the fingers?
Long betwixt the fingers is an adjective.

Words near long betwixt the fingers in the dictionary

  1. long Barnaby
  2. Long Beach
  3. Long Beacher
  4. long beer
  5. long beers
  6. long betwixt the fingers
  7. long bit
  8. long bits
  9. long black
  10. long blacks
  11. long block

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