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Nimble-fingered   /nˈɪmbəl-fˈɪŋgərd/   Listen
Nimble-fingered

adjective
1.
Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets.  Synonym: light-fingered.  "The light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"





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"Nimble-fingered" Quotes from Famous Books



... recreate himself without contradiction in lust and filthiness; now the sly Mercury may, without discovery, go on in his thieveries, and nimble-fingered juggles; the sooty Vulcan may now renew his wonted custom of making the other gods laugh by his hopping so limpingly, and coming off with so many dry jokes, and biting repartees. Silenus, the old ...
— In Praise of Folly - Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts • Desiderius Erasmus


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