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cut·purse
/
ˈkʌtˌpɜrs
/
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[
kuht
-purs
]
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noun
1.
Older Use
.
a pickpocket.
2.
(formerly) a person who steals by cutting purses from the belt.
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Origin:
1325–75;
Middle English
cutte-purs.
See
cut
,
purse
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cutpurse
"one who steals by the method of cutting purses, a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles" [Johnson], mid-14c., from
cut
(v.) +
purse
. The word continued after the method switched to picking pockets.
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