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pickpurse

noun

Etymology

From Middle English pikepurse, pykeporse, equivalent to pick + purse.

  1. inherited from pikepurse

Definitions

  1. Someone who steals purses, or money from purses.

    • Down with Christ's cross, up with purgatory pickpurse, up with him, the popish purgatory, I mean.
    • No, it is false, if it is a pickpurse.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA