Fingersmith

For the novel, see Fingersmith (novel)

For the BBC Drama, see Fingersmith (TV serial)

A fingersmith or finger smith is a person of extreme talent in any skill involving the use of hands. This term is most often used to refer to a talented pickpocket who has never been caught.

First known use in a 1977 short story, "The Hitchhiker" by Roald Dahl, collected in "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More".