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nimble-fingered

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Quick or skilful in the use of the fingers; hence, pilfering: as, the nimble-fingered gentry (that is, pickpockets).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective same as light-fingered; thievish; pilfering.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets

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Examples

  • Last week Rigby & Peller, the now-famous lingerie business founded by the nimble-fingered Bertha Rigby and Gita Peller, was sold in a deal that valued the company at nearly £10m.

    From corsets for comedians to bespoke bras: Rigby & Peller has seen it all 2011

  • Or maybe the leaves need to be rolled by many different hands: one look at the dark green avalanche that Leena and her nimble-fingered daughters produce in their Beirut kitchen and you can tell whose hands rolled which leaf.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Or maybe the leaves need to be rolled by many different hands: one look at the dark green avalanche that Leena and her nimble-fingered daughters produce in their Beirut kitchen and you can tell whose hands rolled which leaf.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The nimble-fingered two of you have an early-morning (for me)/late morning (Anni)/evening (PB) tie!

    i flossez - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • With evidence of the danger mounting, lawmakers have been cracking down on cell phone use while driving for some time, but those provisions to date have failed to take texting into account, leaving a loophole for the nimble-fingered to drive a Hummer through.

    Washington Bans Texting While Driving | Impact Lab 2007

  • There have been other outstanding recent CDs of the 24 Preludes and Fugues, such as those by the nimble-fingered Canadian pianist David Jalbert on Atma Classique, and the lusciously expressive Lithuanian Mûza Rubackyté, albeit less than ideally recorded by Brilliant CD engineers.

    From Despair to Delight 2009

  • On the other hand, punching stock symbols and flight numbers onto crowded 12-button telephone keypads can drive even the most nimble-fingered road warriors to distraction.

    Look Who's Talking Now 2008

  • But sometimes I wonder how much these nimble-fingered bloggers are really getting out of the speeches - are they picking up all the shades of meaning, the different layers of the message?

    Ms. Eythorsdottir made a "chandelier" of "beads of glucose that clung to twine and caught the natural light" designed to disintegrate in 5 months. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Or was there some sweatshop in the Pioneer Valley staffed by nimble-fingered elves?

    Origami Mystery James Gurney 2008

  • Eye doctors say motivated, conscientious kids as young as 8 can wear contacts -- if they're responsible enough to care for them properly and nimble-fingered enough to insert them.

    HEALTH: DON'T CALL ME 'FOUR EYES' 2008

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