| 单词 | light-fingeredness |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslightˈ-fingeredness lightˈ-fingeredness n. propensity for or skill at stealing; thievery. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun] > propensity to lime-fingers1613 light-fingeredness1817 1817 Neuman's New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Langs. (ed. 3) I Sutileza de manos, address in handling or operating; slight of hand; light-fingeredness or nimbleness of a thief. 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 33 358/1 The general persuasion of their propensity to light-fingeredness. 1925 A. J. Carver Treeshy in Harper's Monthly Mag. Dec. 356/1 Because of Treeshy's light-fingeredness.., my mamma..went about hiding..our stockings, our underwear, and our petty childish jewelry. 2014 Examiner Newspaper (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Dec. 22 Watching out for opportunistic persons who regard this time of year as necessary to perfect their techniques of light-fingeredness. < as lemmas |
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