‘One who steals by the method of cutting purses, a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles’ (Johnson); hence, a pickpocket…
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > cut-purse (5) cutpurse1362 ‘One who steals by the method of cutting purses, a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles’ (Johnson); hence, a pickpocket… purse-carverc1380 = purse-cutter, n. purse-cuttera1500 A thief who cuts purses in order to take their contents; a cutpurse. knight of the knife1631 a cutpurse. tear-placketa1640 ? a cutpurse. |
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