light-fingered

  • 21light-fingered — adjective informal prone to steal …

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  • 22light-fingered — a. Thievish …

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  • 23light-fingered — adjective 1 likely to steal things 2 able to move your fingers easily and quickly, especially when you play a musical instrument …

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  • 24light-fingered — adj 1. pilfering, filching, thievish, thieving, stealing; slick, foxy, cunning, wily, crafty, sly, shifty, furtive, underhanded, dishonest, Inf. crooked. 2. dexterous, nimble, agile, deft, adroit, facile, neat, Brit. Dial. feat; prestidigitatory …

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  • 25light-fingered — /ˈlaɪt fɪŋgəd/ (say luyt fingguhd) adjective 1. having nimble fingers. 2. (dated) disposed to being a pickpocket; thievish. 3. habitually stealing available items as cash, unattended belongings, etc …

  • 26light-fingered —   Hue, lima āpā …

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  • 27fingered — [fiŋ′gərd] adj. 1. having fingers (of a specified kind or number): used in hyphenated compounds [light fingered] 2. soiled or marred by touching 3. Bot. a) digitate b) fingerlike in form 4. Music marked to show the fingering: said of a scor …

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  • 28light — 1. n., v., & adj. n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that stimulates sight and makes things visible. 2 the medium or condition of the space in which this is present. 3 an appearance of… …

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  • 29Light — 1. n., v., & adj. n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that stimulates sight and makes things visible. 2 the medium or condition of the space in which this is present. 3 an appearance of… …

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  • 30light-fingeredness — noun see light fingered …

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