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butterfingers

but·ter·fin·gers

UK/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/ US/ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/ rare informal

noun

1.

someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)

Origin

From butter + fingers (suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their hands are coated in slippery butter), from butterfingered.

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