OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23011

butterfingers

/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
manazas • manos de manteca • manos muertas • torpe
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today.
[A]t every bad attempt at a catch, and every failure to stop the ball, he launched his personal displeasure at the head of the devoted individual in such denunciations as—"Ah, ah!—…
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