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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



... the baptismal words with motionless lips, and snatched another soul from the fangs of the "Infernal Wolf." [ 1 ] Thus, with the patience of saints, the courage of heroes, and an intent truly charitable, did the Fathers put forth a nimble-fingered adroitness that would have done credit to the profession of which the function is less to dispense the treasures of another world than to grasp those ...
— The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century • Francis Parkman



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