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Meanings of sticky fingers in English

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Usage of sticky fingers in English
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Nico, still licking her sticky fingers, kept right on the swordsman's heels.
The spirit rebellion: the legend of eli monpress: book 2
2
Pretty soon everyone will look at you and say, 'There goes sticky fingers.'
Solomon's oak: a novel
3
There's Adam who adds a whole new dimension to the term sticky fingers.
The Irish Times
4
She looked at his sticky fingers and then burst out laughing.
Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun
5
I get sticky fingers, but the fruit is pearly and perfect.
Number9Dream
6
My granddaughter, Adeline, had her sticky fingers all over it at lunch yesterday.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
7
He kicked the chair and body over, then looked at his sticky fingers.
The Winds of Dune
8
I rubbed my sticky fingers against the cloth of the seat.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
9
There was no way to avoid having sticky fingers and a smeared face.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
10
He wiped his sticky fingers on his dusty pant leg.
Paul of dune
11
She picked up a napkin to wipe her sticky fingers clean, her appetite ruined.
The viscount and the virgin
12
The power stretched between us like taffy pulled between the hot sticky fingers of children.
Narcissus in Chains
13
Still, it's hard to point fingers at a kleptomaniac when you have sticky fingers too.
The Guardian
14
A thousand wet sticky fingers dragged their length over his body, retarding, clogging, holding him.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
15
It's a world without mess, or distraction, or sticky fingers, the perfect context for serious thought.
The Guardian
16
He felt its sticky fingers seize him for an instant and then the child was gone.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
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Sticky fingers through the time
Sticky fingers across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common