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

Consequently he is never finicking in his phraseology, and seldom final.

From Washington Irving by Boynton, Henry Walcott

She set him down in her own mind as "too finicking," while his good looks did not happen to be of a type that appealed to her.

From In Brief Authority by Anstey, F.

Melchard, with a finicking air of nonchalance, stood where he was left, lighting a cigarette.

From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver

My prudence appeared to me the merest poltroonery, my remark about 'begging' the most finicking absurdity, my failure to accept Ted's offer the most reckless and offensive stupidity.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)