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butterfingers

noun as in a clumsy person

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What can one say of poor Butterfingers Green who fumbled an easy first-half shot and so deprived England of a 1-0 win?

Butterfingers was gone, she had got her a place in Somersetshire, so anxiety on that score was over.

You have just permitted the cleverest rascal in the state to slip through your butterfingers.

And, as every boy in the world knows, it is a great disgrace to be called "Butterfingers."

Think of it—you may have to name the Champion Butterfingers in 1915!

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to butterfingers, such as: bungler, clod, dolt, duffer, fumbler, and klutz.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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