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† ˈpurse-ˌtaker Obs.
A highwayman or robber who deprived persons of their purses.
1611Cotgr., Batre les chemins, to belay the way, as purse-takers and boothalers doe. 1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 147 Murdrers, mixt with pyrates, and purse-takers, Run-away slaves, hangmen, and coffin-makers. 1649W. M. Wand. Jew (1857) 64 §2 A brave Purse-taker is the Great-Turke of Cavileroes, to such bastardly Handy-Crafts.
So † ˈpurse-ˌtaking.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. ii. 115, I see a good amendment of life in thee: From Praying, to Purse-taking. |