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Definition of Cutpurse
1. Noun. A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.
Definition of Cutpurse
1. 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
Definition of Cutpurse
1. Noun. A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cutpurse
1. a pickpocket [n -S] - See also: pickpocket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutpurse
Literary usage of Cutpurse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1895)
"MOLL cutpurse. THE most illustrious woman of an illustrious age, Moll cutpurse,
has never lacked the recognition due to her genius. ..."
2. ... Characters and Passages from Note-books by Samuel Butler (1908)
"A cutpurse T)UTS his life in his hand, and both into another man's \_ pocket,
out of which he picks his living. ..."
3. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1855)
"1670) ; and Mary Carlton, or Frith, the "English Mall" of Hudibras, alias Moll
cutpurse, an infamous cheat and pickpocket, hanged at Tyburn 1672-3. ..."
4. A Banquet of Jests and Merry Tales by Archibald Armstrong (1889)
"... and a cutpurse. A GENTLEMAN that had a Welchman waiting •**• on him, came to
see a Play, and drawing his purse at the doore, ..."
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