finicking
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Then the cousin laughed coarsely and he said to Lotus, who sat there smoking her water pipe, “These town women are too finicking, are they not, Old Mistress?”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
He thought the house would never get itself done—one brick at a time—and each brick cost a farthing—slow, careful; yes, and even finicking.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
She set him down in her own mind as "too finicking," while his good looks did not happen to be of a type that appealed to her.
From In Brief Authority by F. Anstey
Halley, on the other hand, almost despised accurate observations as finicking.
From Astronomical Discovery by Herbert Hall Turner
Poussette is the wife of my best friend, my best friend I tell you, and whoever cares for her faded hair and finicking ways it isn't I. Sweeter pastures once were mine.
From Ringfield A Novel by S. Frances (Susie Frances) Harrison
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