cutpurse
11cutpurse — n pickpocket, pickpurse, lightfingers; purse snatcher, mugger; thief, robber, crook, bandit …
12cutpurse — cut•purse [[t]ˈkʌtˌpɜrs[/t]] n. sts archaic a pickpocket • Etymology: 1325–75 …
13cutpurse — /ˈkʌtpɜs/ (say kutpers) noun Archaic a pickpocket. {from the practice of thieving by cutting away a purse, common in previous centuries when men wore purses attached to their girdles} …
14cutpurse — /katpars/ One who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common practice in old England when men wore their purses at their girdles, as was once the custom …
15cutpurse — /katpars/ One who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common practice in old England when men wore their purses at their girdles, as was once the custom …
16cutpurse — A thief who cut purses in order to secure their contents; hence, a pickpocket …
17cutpurse — n. archaic a pickpocket; a thief …
18Gideon the Cutpurse — infobox Book | name = Gideon the Cutpurse image caption = First edition cover author = Linda Buckley Archer illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Gideon trilogy genre = Children s publisher = Simon… …
19Molly Cutpurse — is an English transgender author. She was born in Stratford in the East End of London in September 1952 and raised in nearby Leyton. A polymath, shy, and synaesthete, after working at many jobs, she decided that writing was the only activity she… …
20Moll Cutpurse — ▪ English criminal byname of Mary Frith born 1584?, London died July 26, 1659, London most notorious female member of 17th century England s underworld, a friend of highwaymen and a receiver of stolen goods. London born, she began… …
