Lexicographical Neighbors of Befingered
Literary usage of Befingered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"Then he had but to bring out the old romance book from the priory, with befingered
cover of sheepskin and gold letters upon a purple ground, to entice her ..."
2. Talks on Teaching Literature by Arlo Bates (1906)
"That was the end of the matter for the time, but in the library of the lad's
father the copy of Blake is so befingered at the page on which " The Tiger " is ..."
3. The Life and Letters of the Right Honourable Friedrich Max Müller by Friedrich Max Müller (1902)
"It requires much courage to write about religious questions, because almost every
word you touch is oily and befingered. and it is difficult to handle them ..."
4. Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1856)
"You mentioned an intention of preserving it, and therefore I have not thrown the
dirty and befingered leaves into the fire, as otherwise I should have done. ..."
5. Affecting Scenes: Being Passages from the Diary of a Physician by Samuel Warren (1831)
"There were—if I recollect right—a small Amsterdam edition of Plautus—a Horace—a
much befingered copy of Aristophanes—a neat pocket edition of ..."
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