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Definition of Butterfingers
1. Noun. Someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball).
Definition of Butterfingers
1. Noun. someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz; someone who tends to drop things ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butterfingers
1. [n]
Literary usage of Butterfingers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1880)
"Yorkers,' ' overs,' ' byes,' and ' legs before wicket ' flash round in quick
succession—this ' butterfingers ' is laughed at, that ' dummy' railed at, ..."
2. The Girl's Own Outdoor Book, Containing Practical Help to Girls on Matters by Charles Peters (1889)
"Now you must call out " Butterfingers,"' said Edith, as Alfred let an easy catch
fall through his ... Now then, butterfingers !' halloed the obedient pupil. ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"Butterfingers! " screamed a small boy in the out-field. The Principal turned
towards him, angrily. " (io indoors, Sir I" he cried, "and write out two ..."
4. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"... a woman who sells butter ; butterfingers, a person whose fingers are slippery
so that he cannot hold anything, a careless person. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"stupid'—' Now butterfingers*—' Muff'—'Humbug' —and so forth—ejaculations which
seemed to establish him in the opinion of all around, as a most excellent and ..."
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