short-fingered

Back when he was the editor of Spy magazine, he called Trump a “short-fingered vulgarian,” which Trump is still smarting from.

The Thistle and the Bee Shoumatoff, Alex 2008

When Mindy complains about the Web site “Snarker” (no points for subtlety there!), which has taken to mocking her and her blog, James reminds Mindy that 20 years earlier, she wrote a story calling “that billionaire” a “short-fingered vulgarian”; Mr. Carter famously called Donald Trump that very epithet in Spy.

Sex and the Co-op 2008

Rich or poor, pale or dusky, round and short-fingered or long and slender, the hands of a cook are a beautiful sight, no matter how scarred, nicked, bruised or scraped they are.

Tigers & Strawberries » A Show of Hands 2005

CARTER: They did, but you know -- well, Donald Trump threatened to sue the magazine a number of times, and it -- but not over the "short-fingered vulgarian" part.

CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2006 2006

The stocky figure of her father bent forward over the mahogany of the old dining table now in the room below, his broad, short-fingered hand suddenly clenching, the flush of blood below his eyes, screwed up in the visioning of Queer Street.

On Forsyte 'Change 2004

His short-fingered hand was thick, and covered with yellowish hair.

Mother 2003

A hand had appeared amongst the flames, groping as though to catch hold of something; a stubby, short-fingered hand covered in ugly old-fashioned rings.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003

Roxane's white, plump, short-fingered hand grasped Badia's wrist.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

"Now, there's where you're wrong, girl," and he rubbed one short-fingered, broad-palmed hand across his mouth and chin.

the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

"Now, there's where you're wrong, girl," and he rubbed one short-fingered, broad-palmed hand across his mouth and chin.

The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969