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light-fingered |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Light-fingered \Light"-fin`gered\ (l[imac]t"f[i^][ng]`g[~e]rd), a. Dexterous in taking and conveying away thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. --Fuller. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: light-fingered adj : having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time [syn: {nimble-fingered}]
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