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cutpurse

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cut·​purse | \ ˈkət-ˌpərs How to pronounce cutpurse (audio) \

Definition of cutpurse

: pickpocket

Examples of cutpurse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 She was born in the Barbican, in about 1584, and died in Fleet Street in 1659, becoming a thief, cutpurse and fence along the way. — Longreads, "The Roaring Girls of Queer London," 8 May 2018

First Known Use of cutpurse

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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