| 单词 |
purse-cutter |
| 释义 |
ˈpurse-ˌcutter A thief who cuts purses and abstracts their contents; a cutpurse.
c1420? Lydg. Assembly of Gods 697 Tyburne coloppys, and pursekytters. c1515Cocke Lorells B. 11 Players, purse cutters, money baterers. 1690[see purseless]. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet 11, Footpads and purse-cutters no longer infest the streets. So ˈpurse-ˌcutting vbl. n.
1621Bp. Sanderson Serm. on 1 Cor. vii. 24 §27 Such as live by Stealing, and Robbing, and Piracy, and Purse-cutting. |

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