finicking

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Then the cousin laughed coarsely and he said to Lotus, who sat there smoking her water pipe, “These town women are too finicking, are they not, Old Mistress?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

And the real beauty and enormous power of his magnificent voice saved him by its mere distinction from the charge of being finicking.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

Plain men would call him finicking, and practical men would think it impossible to work with him.

From Quisanté by Hope, Anthony

The other thing about whitewashing is that it is done with a broom, not with a finicking brush and a small pot, but a good fat bucket and the housemaid’s soft-broom.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

The surgeon was a tall, and very finicking sort of gentleman as to dress; but well informed, friendly in disposition, and perfectly acquainted with his profession.

From Percival Keene by Marryat, Frederick