adj
butterfingered
Butterfingered (adj) means Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
adj
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Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
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Etymology
From butter + fingered (“having fingers (of the specified kind)”), an allusion to people tending to drop things because their hands are so slippery that they seem to be covered in butter.
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"butterfingered" (adj) means prone to dropping things; clumsy.