sticky fingers

noun

informal
: a tendency to steal things

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Those must be some extra sticky fingers. — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 Serve with ranch or blue cheese for the full buffalo wing experience without the sticky fingers. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026 And sticky fingers in California are stretching out to get some of the management fees for handling the loot. — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026 Cup Noodles says its new flavors aim to solve that problem with slurpable convenience and zero sticky fingers. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sticky fingers

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“Sticky fingers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticky%20fingers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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