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nimble-fingered

nimble-fingered adjective: thieving, thievish.

Adjective

nimble-fingered (comparative more nimble-fingered, superlative most nimble-fingered)

  1. Thieving, thievish.
    • Come hither Filch. I am as fond of this Child, as though my Mind miſgave me he vvere my ovvn. He hath as fine a Hand at picking a Pocket as a VVWoman, and is as nimble-finger’d as a Juggler.1728, [John] Gay, The Beggar’s Opera. […], London: […] John Watts, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene vi, page 7
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nimble, fingered.

Forms of nimble-fingered

comparativemore nimble-fingered
superlativemost nimble-fingered

Questions about nimble-fingered

What does nimble-fingered mean?
Nimble-fingered means thieving, thievish.
What part of speech is nimble-fingered?
Nimble-fingered is an adjective.

Words near nimble-fingered in the dictionary

  1. nimbility
  2. Nimbin
  3. nimble
  4. nimble will
  5. nimble-chops
  6. nimble-fingered
  7. nimble-witted
  8. nimble-wittedness
  9. nimbled
  10. nimbleness
  11. nimblenesses

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