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cutpurse

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Noun
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cut=purse

CIDE DICTIONARY

cutpursen. 
     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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cutpurse, n. archaic a pickpocket; a thief.


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