cutpursen.

Brit.

/ˈkʌtpəːs/, U.S.

/ˈkətˌpərs/

Etymology: cut v. Compounds.

‘One who steals by the method of cutting purses, a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles’ (Johnson); hence, a pickpocket, thief, robber; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > cut-purse

cutpurse1362

purse-carverc1380

purse-cuttera1500

knight of the knife1631

tear-placketa1640

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 118 ‘Bi Crist’, quaþ a Cuttepors [B. v. 639 cutpurs, C. viii. 283 kitte-pors] ‘I haue no kun þere’.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 505/2 His eares be cutte of, it is a signe he hath ben a cut purse.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 201 How often hast thou seene the Cutpurse hanged with the purse about his necke?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 673.

1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 74 A crowd of Cut-Purses, running full speed from their own ears.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 25. ⁋11 I approached him as if I knew him a Cut-purse.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 244 Measures were taken to arrest this cut-purse of the ocean.

attributive.1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 124 Away you cutpurse rascall, you filthy boung, away. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 1/2 Incapable of that cut-purse policy.

Derivatives

† ˈcutpursing n. Obsolete cutting of purses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > cutting or stealing purses > [noun]

cutpursing1499

purse-picking1571

purse-taking1598

purse-cutting1623

cutting1700

purse snatching1880

1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. div^v/2 Cut pursinge, burcidium.

1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xv. 28 This..is farre worse than coosining, cut pursing, or roging.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cutpurse
释义	cutpursen. Brit. /ˈkʌtpəːs/, U.S. /ˈkətˌpərs/ Etymology: cut v. Compounds. ‘One who steals by the method of cutting purses, a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles’ (Johnson); hence, a pickpocket, thief, robber; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > cut-purse cutpurse1362 purse-carverc1380 purse-cuttera1500 knight of the knife1631 tear-placketa1640 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 118 ‘Bi Crist’, quaþ a Cuttepors [B. v. 639 cutpurs, C. viii. 283 kitte-pors] ‘I haue no kun þere’. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 505/2 His eares be cutte of, it is a signe he hath ben a cut purse. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 201 How often hast thou seene the Cutpurse hanged with the purse about his necke? a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 673. 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 74 A crowd of Cut-Purses, running full speed from their own ears. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 25. ⁋11 I approached him as if I knew him a Cut-purse. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 244 Measures were taken to arrest this cut-purse of the ocean. attributive.1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 124 Away you cutpurse rascall, you filthy boung, away. View more context for this quotation1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 1/2 Incapable of that cut-purse policy. Derivatives † ˈcutpursing n. Obsolete cutting of purses. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > cutting or stealing purses > [noun] cutpursing1499 purse-picking1571 purse-taking1598 purse-cutting1623 cutting1700 purse snatching1880 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. div^v/2 Cut pursinge, burcidium. 1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xv. 28 This..is farre worse than coosining, cut pursing, or roging. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1362
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