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English
Adjective
nimble-fingered (comparative more nimble-fingered, superlative most nimble-fingered)
- Thieving, thievish.
1728, [John] Gay, The Beggar’s Opera. , London: John Watts, , →OCLC, Act I, scene vi, page 7:Come hither Filch. I am as fond of this Child, as though my Mind miſgave me he vvere my ovvn. He hath as fine a Hand at picking a Pocket as a VVWoman, and is as nimble-finger’d as a Juggler.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nimble, fingered.