butterfingers

Example Sentences

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Cummins was the man hit for the winning runs, Lyon the butterfingers who fumbled the ball when Jack Leach was stranded in the middle of the pitch.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2023

While my favorite cousins Vic and Plas and our best friend Art ruled neighborhood pigskin games and Madden, my noodle arm and butterfingers read books and articles about the sport’s past.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

Jeudy may be a great route runner that consistently gets open, but those butterfingers are betraying those fantastic feet.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2020

Speaking as a chronic butterfingers myself: I really don’t think your wife is going to hurt your baby.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2020

I must have looked confused because he told me, “That’s my horn, my ax, my saxophone, the thing I make all my money with, so don’t get butterfingers and drop it.”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis