Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A tendency to steal.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic An inclination to steal.
- n. idiomatic A petty thief or petty thieves.
Examples
“The pimply little fart was stuffing his face with candied figs when Sulla walked into the tablinum, poking his dirty sticky fingers through the rolls of books slowly accumulating in the pigeonholed walls.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sticky fingers’.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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A Swell Mob
Kinds of thieves.
thief, sneak thief, burglar, cat burglar, picklock, puggard, robber, grave robber, piller, porch climber, prowler, larcenist and 133 more...
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