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21pickpocket — (n.) also pick pocket, 1590s, from PICK (Cf. pick) (v.) + POCKET (Cf. pocket) (n.). Earlier was pick purse (late 14c.) …
22Pickpurse — Pick purse , n. One who steals purses, or money from purses. Latimer. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
23The Night Before Larry Was Stretched — is an Irish execution ballad written in the Newgate cant.AuthorThe ballad is estimated to have been written around 1816. Will (Hurlfoot) Maher, a shoemaker from Waterford, wrote the song, though Dr. Robert Burrowes, the Dean of St. Finbar’s Cork …
24thief — n. 1. Pilferer, petty robber, filcher. 2. Swindler, peculator, embezzler, defrauder, sharper, defaulter. 3. Pickpocket, cutpurse, pick purse. 4. Burglar, house breaker, cracksman (cant). 5. Footpad, highwayman …
25Wohlfeil — 1. Auff wolfeilgeben gehet jedermann. – Henisch, 1046, 63; Petri, II, 27. 2. Es ist jetzt nichts Wohlfeileres als Dienstanerbieten und nichts theureres als Dienstleisten. Lat.: Maxima quaeque domus servis est plena superbis. (Sutor, 899.) 3. Es… …
26Picked — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… …
27Picking — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… …
28pickpocket — pick•pock•et [[t]ˈpɪkˌpɒk ɪt[/t]] n. 1) a person who steals from people s pockets, purses, etc., esp. in a crowded public place 2) cvb to steal from the pocket, purse, etc., of • Etymology: 1585–95 …
29Equestrian Sports — ▪ 2009 Introduction Thoroughbred Racing. United States. A seemingly invincible three year old colt named Big Brown took American Thoroughbred racing by storm during the 2008 spring classic season. In the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, Big… …
30Your Five Gallants — is a Jacobean comedy by Thomas Middleton. It falls into the sub genre of city comedy. Allusions in the play point to a date of authorship of 1607.The play was entered into the Stationers Register on March 22, 1608. The quarto published by… …
