butterfingers
Example Sentences
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Victory over France in round two of last year's Six Nations was delivered, in part, by Gallic butterfingers.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
The Rams would probably love to trade Akers and maybe Williams overall performance in this game — minus the butterfingers — showed them they can.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 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
“Some of my best friends are greased pigs, bottle nose. Oops! Missed me again, you old butterfingers, you.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing butterfingers
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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