cutpurse
Older Use. a pickpocket.
(formerly) a person who steals by cutting purses from the belt.
Origin of cutpurse
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How to use cutpurse in a sentence
Feb. 10th, at two after none I toke a cutpurse taking my purse out of my pocket in the Temple.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee | John DeeHere and there, a cutpurse slunk through the crowd, seeking his own type of bargain—an unwary victim.
Millennium | Everett B. ColeA cutpurse is of the surest trade; for his work is no sooner done, but he hath his money in his hand.
The Works of John Marston | John MarstonThe light-fingered art must have degenerated in Toledo since the day of that clever cutpurse of the "Exemplary Tales."
Spanish Highways and Byways | Katharine Lee BatesMoll cutpurse, whose intelligence and audacity were never bettered, was among the bravest of the Elizabethans.
A Book of Scoundrels | Charles Whibley
British Dictionary definitions for cutpurse
/ (ˈkʌtˌpɜːs) /
an archaic word for pickpocket
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