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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(less common, also attributively) Synonym of butterfingers (“someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated”)..
You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. You butter-finger, can't you stop anything?
Use butterfinger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Butterfinger means (less common, also attributively) Synonym of butterfingers (“someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated”)..
Common synonyms include butterfingers.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. You butter-finger, can't you stop anything?
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