ADJECTIVE
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having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets
the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era
a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault
How To Use nimble-fingered In A Sentence
- Even the low-end factories need managers and engineers as well as nimble-fingered farm girls.
- You're going to be bumped and jostled many times while you wait in line - one of those bumps could be a nimble-fingered thief taking your cash.
- The nimble-fingered girls in the packing room attracted the attention of the King and Queen.
- Suppose a nimble-fingered user enters a (duplicate) city name but immediately realizes his mistake and fixes it.
- Surprisingly he had rather large hands but was nimble-fingered which proved invaluable in his role as a butcher and musician.
- Muscled, dark-skinned men and nimble-fingered women churn the nearby factories, paper mills, shops and food markets.
- She it was, nimble-fingered and observant and idiomatic of imagination, who held together a sometimes wayward consort. Times, Sunday Times
- On formal occasions, he enlisted nimble-fingered accomplices. Globe and Mail
- To western ears, his freestyle guitar instrumentals blends traditional nimble-fingered Eastern African melodies with rapid chord changes often found in jazz.
- After she was caught on camera as she made off with a 635,000 euro Cartier ring in Paris, police are desperately trying to establish the identity of the nimble-fingered woman.
