butterfingers
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Cummins was the man hit for the winning runs, Lyon the butterfingers who fumbled the ball when Jack Leach was stranded in the middle of the pitch.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2023
While my favorite cousins Vic and Plas and our best friend Art ruled neighborhood pigskin games and Madden, my noodle arm and butterfingers read books and articles about the sport’s past.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023
Speaking as a chronic butterfingers myself: I really don’t think your wife is going to hurt your baby.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2020
Pakistan dispatched South Africa by 49 runs on Sunday to stay in contention for the Cricket World Cup semifinals, but the brilliance of the effort was tarnished by butterfingers in the field.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2019
I must have looked confused because he told me, “That’s my horn, my ax, my saxophone, the thing I make all my money with, so don’t get butterfingers and drop it.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Vocabulary lists containing butterfingers
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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