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n. 1 (context idiomatic English) An inclination to steal. 2 (context idiomatic English) A petty thief or petty thieves.
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Sticky Fingers is the ninth British and 11th American studio album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in April 1971. It is the band's first album of the 1970s and its first release on the band's newly formed label, Rolling Stones Records, after having been contracted since 1963 with Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US. It is also Mick Taylor's first full-length appearance on a Rolling Stones album, the first Rolling Stones album not to feature any contributions from guitarist and founder Brian Jones and the first one on which singer Mick Jagger is credited with playing guitar.
Sticky Fingers is widely regarded as one of the Rolling Stones' best albums. It achieved triple platinum certification in the US and contains songs such as the chart-topping " Brown Sugar", the country ballad " Dead Flowers", " Wild Horses", " Can't You Hear Me Knocking", and the sweeping ballad "Moonlight Mile".
Sticky Fingers is a 1971 album by The Rolling Stones. It may also refer to
- Sticky Fingers (restaurant), a restaurant chain located in the south-eastern United States specializing in Memphis Style Barbecue, named after the Rolling Stones album of the same name
- Sticky Fingers (1988 film), directed by Catlin Adams
- Sticky Fingers (2009 film), directed by Ken Scott
- "Sticky Fingers, an episode from series 8 of 2point4 children
- Sticky Fingaz, member of the hip hop group Onyx
- Sticky Fingers (tribute band), United States-based The Rolling Stones tribute band
- Sticky Fingers (band), an Australian reggae rock band
Sticky Fingers is a 2009 Canadian film written and directed by Ken Scott.
Sticky Fingers is a 1988 film directed by Catlin Adams and co-written with Melanie Mayron.
Sticky Fingers is a reggae fusion/ indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Dylan Frost (vocals/guitar), Paddy Cornwall (bass/vocals), Seamus Coyle (lead guitar), Beaker Best (drums/percussion), Freddy Crabs (keys/synth). The band was formed by Frost and Cornwall after meeting whilst busking.
Sticky Fingers is a California and New York-based The Rolling Stones tribute/original recording band. The world-traveled band was formed by singer Glen Carroll in 1989.
Usage examples of "sticky fingers".
My mother caught me licking my sticky fingers and laughed and said I'd already had my share and wouldn't get any more, but when she filled the dishes up, I got just as much as anybody else.
Molochai hung out the other side, gnawing on his sticky fingers, letting the wind blow in his face.
I hadn't seen any telltale sticky fingers or faces yet, but it might be as well to take some preventative steps.
With reddened, sticky fingers he undid the tiny catch, pulling the leather contraption from the bird's cooling body.
Some idiotic voyeuristic boyfriend, he amended, drying his sticky fingers on his shirt.
I'd eaten barbecued meat and french fries and washed my sticky fingers in the women's room that smelled of backed-up drains.
With sticky fingers, kept busy crushing ants between them, he sits beside the fire, which has collapsed and is smoking only feebly, and breaks the hard, glassy-brown cake on the greased paper into some fifty previously scored squares.
It was agreed in the mess, agreed by the whole nation of the reunited German peoples, that the Italians were like children who would eventually be sent home at the end of a party, clutching a balloon and a lollipop in their sticky fingers.