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
- To western ears, his freestyle guitar instrumentals blends traditional nimble-fingered Eastern African melodies with rapid chord changes often found in jazz.
- He truly was a precocious master of the Hammond and in a light jazz setting such nimble-fingered wizardry shines out.
- Their only means of subsistence appear to be in theft, and in this they are said to outrival even the nimble-fingered islanders of the South Seas.
- You, my dear old friend, have been the greatest boon to my budding nimble-fingered career, and aye, my comrade since first we met.
- As a solo player and half of the Serpas Brothers, Roberto Serpas is a deft and nimble-fingered guitarist, who's equally adept on both acoustic and electric.
- In its very first issue it portrayed the threat posed by young, nimble-fingered thieves to honest, upstanding citizens enjoying a day's outing.
- Two nimble-fingered artists show visitors how these crafts are created.
- The smooth-jazz star has always earned his keep, and then some, through his nimble-fingered command of the saxophone.
- 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.
- Even the low-end factories need managers and engineers as well as nimble-fingered farm girls.