Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Light-fingered Gentry

(The). Pick-pockets and shop-lifters.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Light Gains make a heavy Purse
Light as a Feather
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