Too much Finessing would be wanted; too many reserves.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
The truth is, Pope practised on this, as on other occasions, a little Finessing, which is the chief foible in his character.
"Biographical Essays"
Thomas de Quincey
But presently Jervis, who did not understand Finessing, broke in, and asked Hardy, point blank, to pull in the next race; and when he pleaded want of training, overruled him at once by saying that there was no better training than sculling.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes