Synonyms for butterfingers


Grammar : Noun
Spell : buht-er-fing-gerz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌt ərˌfɪŋ gɛrz

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Définition of butterfingers

Origin :
  • "person apt to let things fall," 1837; see butter-fingered.
  • noun a clumsy person
Example sentences :
  • Butterfingers was gone, she had got her a place in Somersetshire, so anxiety on that score was over.
  • Extract from : « Ask Momma » by R. S. Surtees
  • And, as every boy in the world knows, it is a great disgrace to be called "Butterfingers."
  • Extract from : « Half-Past Seven Stories » by Robert Gordon Anderson
  • You have just permitted the cleverest rascal in the state to slip through your butterfingers.
  • Extract from : « Hearts and Masks » by Harold MacGrath

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