English Dictionary

fingersmith

名詞

古語 歴史的 俗語

pickpocket / midwife

日本語の意味

すり / 助産婦

The notorious fingersmith slipped through the crowded market, lightening purses with practiced ease.

その悪名高いすりは混雑した市場をすり抜け、巧みな手つきで人々の財布を次々と盗んだ。

意味（1）

pickpocket

What do you call yourself, then? Me? I'm a fingersmith. I'm a professional fingersmith. He spoke the words solemnly and proudly, as though he were telling me he was the President of the Royal College of Surgeons or the Archbishop of Canterbury. I've never heard that word before, I said. Did you invent it? Of course I didn't invent it, he replied. It's the name given to them who's risen to the very top of the profession. You've 'eard of a goldsmith and a silversmith, for instance. They're experts with gold and silver. I'm an expert with my fingers, so I'm a fingersmith. It must be an interesting job. It's a marvellous job, he answered. It's lovely. And that's why you go to the races? Race meetings is easy meat, he said. "You just stand around after the race, watchin' for the lucky ones to queue up and draw their money. And when you see someone collectin' a big bundle of notes, you simply follows after 'im and 'elps yourself.

意味（2）

midwife

fingersmiths （ plural ）