CUTPURSE

Meaning of CUTPURSE in English

noun 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.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

CUTPURSE — noun Date: 14th century pickpocket
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUTPURSE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English cutpurs, from cutten to cut + purs purse 1. : a thief who cuts purses …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUTPURSE — (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore …
Английский словарь Webster
CUTPURSE — ( n. ) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CUTPURSE — /kut"perrs'/ , n. 1. Older Use. a pickpocket. 2. (formerly) a person who steals by cutting purses from the belt. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUTPURSE — n. thief; pickpocket
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CUTPURSE — noun Date: 14th century : pickpocket
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUTPURSE — ■ noun archaic a pickpocket. Origin ME: with ref. to stealing by cutting purses suspended from a waistband.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUTPURSE — [cut.purse] n (14c): pickpocket
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUTPURSE — cutpurse BrE AmE ˈkʌt pɜːs AmE \ -pɝːs ▷ cutpurse|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CUTPURSE — n. archaic a pickpocket; a thief.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUTPURSE — n. archaic a pickpocket; a thief.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUTPURSE — n. archaic a pickpocket; a thief.
Oxford English vocab
CUTPURSE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: PICKPOCKET , ||cannon, ||dip, ||diver, purse cutter, ||wire
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CUTPURSE — n. Pickpocket, thief, robber.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
CUTPURSE — noun Synonyms: pickpocket , ||cannon, ||dip, ||diver, purse cutter, ||wire
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUTPURSE — (устаревшее) вop-карманник
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUTPURSE — n арх. вор-карманник
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CUTPURSE — (n) вор-карманник
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CUTPURSE — n арх. вор-карманник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CUTPURSE — n арх. вор-карманник
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CUTPURSE — [n.] [устар.] вор-карманник
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
CUTPURSE — n устар. вор-карманник
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
CUTPURSE — (устаревшее) вop-карманник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUTPURSE — n. Pronunciation: ' k ə t- ˌ p ə rs Function: noun Date: 14th century : PICKPOCKET
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOLL CUTPURSE — born 1584?, London died July 26, 1659, London byname of Mary Frith most notorious female member of 17th-century England's underworld, …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIP — I. ˈnip verb ( nipped or archaic nipt ; nipped or archaic nipt ; nipping ; nips ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PURSE-CUTTING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the practice of a cutpurse : thievery or pilfering from the person of the victim
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PURSE CUTTER — noun : cutpurse
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIRE — n. metal strand, cord, line; string; barbed wire, wire fence; telegraph cable; cablegram; telegram; telegraphic system; electronic listening device, wire-tapping …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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Britannica English vocabulary
WIRE — Synonyms and related words : BX cable, Teletype, armored cable, band, bandage, battery cable, bell wire, belt, bend, bind, bind …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Webster English vocab

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