This week’s theme
Words originating in the hand

This week’s words
mainpast
openhanded
light-fingered
thumbsucker
southpaw

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(lyt-FING-uhrd, LYT-fing-)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Prone to or skilled at stealing.
2. Having nimble fingers or having a light touch.

ETYMOLOGY:

From light, from Old English leoht + finger, from Old English. Earliest documented use: 1546. A synonym of the first sense is sticky-fingered.

USAGE:

“Every country has its charlatans and rogues, be they light-fingered British MPs or pork-happy American congressmen.”
Because We’re Worth It; The Economist (London, UK); Jul 12, 2014.

See more usage examples of light-fingered in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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