What does lime-fingered mean?
Lime-fingered means (obsolete) Given to petty thievery; light-fingered..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Given to petty thievery; light-fingered..
A clean-fingered huswife, and an idle, folk say, And will be lime-fingered, I fear, by my fay!
Not careless, slothful, false, lime-fingered servants; but the strict master, that observes, and rates, and chastises them: would he hold his hands and tongue, there would be peace.
Popes long hands and Lime-fingered Appeales.
Use lime-fingered when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lime-fingered means (obsolete) Given to petty thievery; light-fingered..
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A clean-fingered huswife, and an idle, folk say, And will be lime-fingered, I fear, by my fay!
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