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cutpurse

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cut=purse

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cutpurse has 1 sense

cutpurse(n = noun.person) dip, pickpocket - a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places; Array

is a kind of stealer, thief

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cutpurse, n.

One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket [1913 Webster]

"To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cutpurse." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cutpurse, n. archaic a pickpocket; a thief.

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