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cut⋅purse
[kuht-purs] 
–noun
| 1. | Older Use. a pickpocket. |
| 2. | (formerly) a person who steals by cutting purses from the belt. |
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| cut·purse (kŭt'pûrs') n. A pickpocket. |
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Cutpurse
Cut"purse`\ (k[u^]t"p[^u]rs`), 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 To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cutpurse. --Shak.
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