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单词 purse-picking
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purse-pickingn.

Brit. /ˈpəːsˌpɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərsˌpɪkɪŋ/
Forms: see purse n. and picking n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: purse n., picking n.1
Etymology: < purse n. + picking n.1 Compare earlier pickpurse n., pursepick n., purse-picker n.
The action of picking or stealing from purses.Apparently rare between the late 17th and 19th centuries.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > cutting or stealing purses > [noun]
cutpursing1499
purse-picking1571
purse-taking1598
purse-cutting1623
cutting1700
purse snatching1880
1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. B.6 Dishonour..to theifis in purspyking.
1623 New & Merry Prognost. sig. B4 Plenty of quarrelling, and of Gamesters flocking; Purse-picking, robbing, murther and hanging.
1919 C. Whibley Lit. Stud. 147 Bardolph has no honour to hide... Purse-picking is for him a plain promotion.
1948 G. W. Knight Crown of Life iii. 111 He goes off to sell his wares, and on his re-entry recounts his successful purse-picking.
2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Arts section) 13 Fuller realizes how sexy the proximity of the close-up can be, especially in the steamy subway purse-picking sequence at the start.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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