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Examples
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"What are you doing, butter-fingers?" she cried, as Sammy failed to catch hold.
The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand
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He did not much expect to succeed, but he meant to try all he knew, ever since the day he was called "old butter-fingers" in a game in which he showed especial incapacity to catch the ball.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Lewis Hough
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The young gentleman, now blushing as furiously as the young lady, grasped the books in a promiscuous heap and slammed them down upon Rosie's desk with, "There now, butter-fingers."
'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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Now we'll see if I'm a good shot and if you're a butter-fingers.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Angela Brazil 1907
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She hurried back into her room, which the twins shared, and stood in damp martyrdom while Bessie's butter-fingers crept with miserable slowness up and down.
The Madigans Miriam Michelson 1906
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He was, to use a popular expression, a regular butter-fingers, and broke whatever he touched.
En Route 1877
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It displays a mirrored image onscreen and overlays that image with diagrams and instructions to guide even the most slippery of butter-fingers through the tying process.
Gizmodo Andrew Tarantola 2011
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And furthermore you've ended an era, butter-fingers.
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First his hilarious butter-fingers attempt at saving a pea-roller shot from Clint
Artrocker 2010
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First his hilarious butter-fingers attempt at saving a pea-roller shot from Clint
Artrocker Dave Artrocker 2010
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