"nimble-fingered" meaning in English

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      "form": "more nimble-fingered",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most nimble-fingered",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1728, [John] Gay, The Beggar’s Opera. […], London: […] John Watts, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene vi, page 7:",
          "text": "Come hither Filch. I am as fond of this Child, as though my Mind miſgave me he vvere my ovvn. He hath as fine a Hand at picking a Pocket as a VVWoman, and is as nimble-finger’d as a Juggler.",
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        "Thieving, thievish."
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          "Thieving",
          "thieving#Adjective"
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          "thievish"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nimble, fingered."
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      "links": [
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          "nimble",
          "nimble#English"
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          "fingered",
          "fingered#English"
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      "form": "more nimble-fingered",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most nimble-fingered",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1728, [John] Gay, The Beggar’s Opera. […], London: […] John Watts, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene vi, page 7:",
          "text": "Come hither Filch. I am as fond of this Child, as though my Mind miſgave me he vvere my ovvn. He hath as fine a Hand at picking a Pocket as a VVWoman, and is as nimble-finger’d as a Juggler.",
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        "Thieving, thievish."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nimble, fingered."
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          "nimble#English"
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          "fingered#English"
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