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Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.

• Dexterous
  Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
• Take-off
  An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
• Dexterously
  In a dexterous manner; skillfully.
• Take-up
  That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
• Dexterousness
  The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.
• Taking-off
  Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
• Addicted
  of Addict
• Thievish
  Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.
• Addicting
  of Addict
• Pettychaps
  Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
• Addictedness
  The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
• Pettywhin
  The needle furze. See under Needle.
• TAKEOFF
  An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
• Addiction
  The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
• Pilfered
  of Pilfer

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