cutpurse

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Pronunciation

/ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/(UK)

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/ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/(UK) · /ˈkʌtˌpɝs/(US)

Definition of cutpurse

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.

“A cutpurse of the empire and the rule”
“The Gipsie snap & Pedro are none of Toms Comradoes, yͤ punck I skorne, & yͤ cutpurse sworn & yͤ roring boyes brauadoes”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English cutte-purs; equivalent to cut + purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut.

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