cutpurse
Americannoun
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Older Use. a pickpocket.
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(formerly) a person who steals by cutting purses from the belt.
noun
Etymology
Origin of cutpurse
First recorded in 1325–75, cutpurse is from the Middle English word cutte-purs. See cut, purse
Vocabulary lists containing cutpurse
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Sweet potatoes, fruit Jello, and roast pork — not turkey — would be served to all the inmates, from the lowliest cutpurse to what amounted to the celebrity wing, and its residents:
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Now, Eugene wishes to gain a final rest from the cycle, to be released from the emotional burden he has carried since his days as a cutpurse in Moorish Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
And the most ridiculous handball of all time, Raúl's cheeky chip and Andriy Shevchenko the cutpurse all star in this week's YouTube round-up.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2010
Heifetz' fiddle stirs in this embryonic cutpurse the will to resume his own studies on the violin.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You'll have every cutpurse within a league down upon us!"
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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