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

Roxdal continued to exhibit the same finicking temperament in the petty details of the ménage.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

A feeble, and fussy, and finicking little proctor, who happened to be on the bank, was pompously endeavouring to assert his dignity, and make himself attended to.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

She oughtn't be pampered and made any more finicking than she is.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

The other thing about whitewashing is that it is done with a broom, not with a finicking brush and a small pot, but a good fat bucket and the housemaid’s soft-broom.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 by Seaman, Owen, Sir