What is "fingersmith"

Fingersmith or finger-smith is slang for a midwife or pickpocket.

Used in a 1977 short story, " The Hitchhiker" by Roald Dahl.

Fingersmith is a 2002 historical crime novel set in Victorian Era Britain by Sarah Waters.

Fingersmith is a two-part BBC mini-series that was televised in 2005.

The story, which is an adaptation of Sarah Waters' Man Booker Prize nominated novel, follows the meeting of two very different young women and what madness ensues. Directed by Aisling Walsh, it stars Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Elaine Cassidy, Rupert Evans and Charles Dance.

The mini-series was nominated for Best Drama Serial at the 2006 British Academy Television Awards.

Fingersmith may refer to:

• Fingersmith (slang), slang for a midwife or pickpocket
• Fingersmith (novel), a 2002 crime fiction novel by Sarah Waters
• Fingersmith (TV serial), a 2005 BBC mini-series based on the novel