† lime-fingeredadj.
Obsolete.
Given to pilfering.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [adjective]
light-fingered1546
lime-fingered1546
pilfering1546
fine-fingeredc1555
filching1570
mitching1576
lurching1577
lime-twig1602
nimming1603
pitchy1660
fingerative1674
marauding1748
light-handed1769
tarry1822
tarry-fingered1825
sticky-fingered1855
panhandling1884
tarry-fisted1906
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Civ A cleane fyngerd huswyfe and an ydel,..will be lyme fyngerd.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. iv. 629 They are light-footed and lime fingred.
1624 Bp. J. Hall True Peace-maker 33 Carelesse, sloathfull, false, lime-fingred seruants.
Derivatives
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun] > propensity to
lime-fingers1613
light-fingeredness1817
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vii. x. 700 It is secured from the lime-fingers of any passenger.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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adj.1546- to make a tush of
- to make a ugly mouth
- to make a ugly mouths
- to make a use of
- to make a vaunt
- to make a virginia fence
- to make a virtue of
- to make a virtue of a need
- to make a virtue of necessity
- to make a vow
- to make a voyage
- to make a waft
- to make a welshman's hose of
- to make a woman an honest woman
- to make a woman of
- to make a wonderment
- to make a word like a welshman's hose
- to make a work
- to make a wound sound
- to make a wry face or mouth
- to make a wry face or mouth wry faces
- to make a wry face or mouth wry mouths
- to make a wry mouth
- to make a wry mouths
- to make a, one's fortune