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

And the real beauty and enormous power of his magnificent voice saved him by its mere distinction from the charge of being finicking.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

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 Bennett, Arnold

Of course I know your finicking way of calling it Lah Delle; but, if you’re English, it’s Ladle.

From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by Rainey, W. (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