The light-fingered Steve Geng, a.k.a. “Record Steve.”. From Wordnik.com. [Her Thieving Junkie Brother���s Memoir of Veronica the Great] Reference
He's too light-fingered - takes anything he fancies, like a monkey. From Wordnik.com. [Working Without a Net] Reference
And those light-fingered rascals are also at large in South America. From Wordnik.com. [Which trophies have been pinched, stolen, nabbed and nicked?] Reference
With fat wallets just waiting for someone's light-fingered touch. From Wordnik.com. [Wagers of Sin]
Five voted for the light-headed KAISER, five for his light-fingered heir. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914] Reference
He stopped; eyeing the light-fingered kender, struck by a sudden thought. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Winter Night]
Whatever the reason, the light-fingered boys have the run of Mexico City. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightest-Fingered Crooks in the World « Official Harry Harrison News Blog] Reference
The Honor System sometimes has a salutary effect on light-fingered gentry. From Wordnik.com. [A Life in Letters] Reference
Ah, but you know kender: those light-fingered thieves don't worry about much. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Istar]
Ice is a light-fingered fairy who can't resist a look at the powerful mirror. From Wordnik.com. [New Releases: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy & YA for the week of March 1, 2010] Reference
They are light-hearted, light-fingered and -- lightest of all in their morals. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
"Looks are as deceptive as light-fingered kender," Raistlin whispered harshly. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]
But I can't really imagine two light-fingered people around the Red Mill at once. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
"An he's more light-fingered than his predecessor, he's a master of prestidigitation!". From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Several people faint, and the light-fingered gentry pick pockets furiously in the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
Fairly soon light-fingered Ms. Piper would need no persuasion to quit Birdie Gleed's employ. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Hill, and the wiry, light-fingered, fighting-loving gentry spent much of their leisure there. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
"Sometimes I believe him to be more light-fingered than is in his own best interest," I said. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
"Being light-fingered with the past is not always unforgivable, and sometimes it's necessary.". From Wordnik.com. [Danny Groner: Oscar Nominated Films: Does the Truth Matter?] Reference
From what I overheard and what I managed to piece together, these four are light-fingered as kender. From Wordnik.com. [The Doom Brigade]
I wish other boys would read more about these light-fingered people and they would be on their guard. From Wordnik.com. [Pixy's Holiday Journey] Reference
While he was upended, Skeeter lifted his wallet with light-fingered skill and extracted its contents. From Wordnik.com. [Ripping Time]
This disclosure interested me, for I myself belonged provisionally to one of the light-fingered professions. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
(No allusion, here, to the "light-fingered gentry," for whom PUNCHINELLO keeps a large grape vine in pickle.). From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870] Reference
More of those following him than not, the Ophireans most certainly, were light-fingered at the best of times. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
What's not to love about a tattered, Irish-accented, mysterious, light-fingered lawyer who represents Gaius Baltar?. From Wordnik.com. [Season 3, finished!] Reference
Possibly some slant-eyed, light-fingered pickpocket was even then enjoying the fifty-odd yen his purse had contained. From Wordnik.com. [In Yeddo Bay] Reference
A visitor discovered that one of the boys who had the reputation of being unruly and light-fingered also had adenoids. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
All I could think of when they said no jewelry in the operating room was, What, the surgeons are known to be light-fingered?. From Wordnik.com. [Intake Interview] Reference
Wasn't it odd that this place, so ob - viously visited by light-fingered kender for centuries, still had any furnishings at all?. From Wordnik.com. [Kendermore]
SAGAL: The large grey Langur monkeys will be patrolling the athletes 'village keeping an eye out for light-fingered rhesus monkeys. From Wordnik.com. [Lightning Fill In The Blank] Reference
This involves some cunning, making some deals that can't be refused with Ali-Baba and light-fingered offspring of various generations. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
It's also the first film in years to mix music and story in the light-fingered way Richard Lester did in the faster-paced Beatles classics. From Wordnik.com. ['Once' With Feeling: Small Musical Has a Big Heart] Reference
Bibles are other popular targets for light-fingered hotel customers. From Wordnik.com. [Latest hospitality news from CatererSearch] Reference
Its appears the light-fingered gentry hauled the goods away in a wagon. From Wordnik.com. [pal-item.com - Local News] Reference
So light-fingered? one would swear he had practised petty larceny in the womb. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
Carell is the voice of light-fingered suburban megalomaniac Gru in the gadget-crazy. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
"Well, so you landed your light-fingered friend, did you, laddie?" remarked the Scotchman. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher and the Clockmakers] Reference
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