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Definition of Butterfingered
1. Adjective. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands. "Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"
Similar to: Maladroit
Definition of Butterfingered
1. a. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.
Definition of Butterfingered
1. Adjective. prone to dropping things; clumsy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butterfingered
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Butterfingered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"butterfingered : an adjective used to describe a person whose powers of retaining
an article in his grasp are not great. (C. and SJ) [Known elsewhere, ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"Eggs beaten up with butter and cooked over the fire. butterfingered.—Careless in
holding things, especially crockery (in almost general use). ..."
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