Fingersmith or finger-smith is slang for a midwife or pickpocket.
Used in a 1977 short story, "The Hitchhiker" by Roald Dahl.
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Fingersmith or finger-smith is slang for a midwife or pickpocket.
Used in a 1977 short story, "The Hitchhiker" by Roald Dahl.