The Collaborative International Dictionary
nimble-fingered
nimble-fingered \nimble-fingered\ adj. same as light-fingered; thievish; pilfering.
Syn: light-fingered.
WordNet
nimble-fingered
adj. having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time [syn: light-fingered]
Usage examples of "nimble-fingered".
And what better person to give her advice than Rona the Nimble-Fingered, so-called because of her embroidery skills, but she was also known as Rona Roundheels, for obvious reasons.
The wound had reopened, and badly, and this time the nimble-fingered drow could not possibly close it.