Associations to the word «Cutpurse»

Wiktionary

CUTPURSE, noun. A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.

Dictionary definition

CUTPURSE, noun. A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope