purse-takern.
/ˈpəːsˌteɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpərsˌteɪkər/ Now rare.
A thief who deprives people of their purses.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman > who takes purses
purse-taker1594
purse-catcher1602
purse-emptier1611
purse-snatcher1893
purse-lifter1895
1594 Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. A3 Honesty is plaine my Lord, but no good fellow, For good fellowes be purse-takers now a daies.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Batre les chemins, to belay the way, as purse-takers and boothalers doe.
1640 ‘Ben-Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew 59 A brave Purse-taker, is the Great-Turke of Cavileroes, to such bastardly Handy-Crafts.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 147 Murdrers, mixt with pyrates, and purse-takers, Run-away slaves, hangmen, and coffin-makers.
1998 H. Mantel Giant, O'Brien iv. 34 He came to London across Finchley Common, with the gibbeted corpses of villains groaning in the wind. A hard road and a stony one, with constant vigilance needed against the purse-takers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1594- to exuberate into
- to eye over
- to eye up
- to fable up
- to fabric up
- to fabricate about with
- to face a lie
- to face a lie upon
- to face a person out of
- to face a person with
- to face a person with a lie
- to face about
- to face and brace
- to face down
- to face facts
- to face it out
- to face out
- to face out a etc
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- to face something out with a card of ten
- to face the facts