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单词 lime-fingered
释义 lime-fingered, a. Obs.
[Cf. lime n.1 1, limed ppl. a. (sense 1).]
Given to pilfering.
1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 21 A cleane fingred huswyfe, and an ydell,..wyll be lyme-fyngerd.1613Purchas Pilgrimage viii. iv. 629 They are light-footed and lime fingred.1624Bp. Hall True Peace-Maker Wks. (1625) 542 Carelesse, slothfull, false, lime-fingred seruants.
So lime-fingers, thievish propensities.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage vii. x. (1614) 700 It is secured from the lime-fingers of any passenger.
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