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
He thought the house would never get itself done—one brick at a time—and each brick cost a farthing—slow, careful; yes, and even finicking.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
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 Arnold Bennett
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 Sir Owen Seaman
If you mean about his finicking ways, I do find a change," Ellen replied, "and a good job, too.
From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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