CUTPURSE


Meaning of CUTPURSE in English

/kut"perrs'/ , n.

1. Older Use. a pickpocket.

2. (formerly) a person who steals by cutting purses from the belt.

[ 1325-75; ME cutte-purs. See CUT, PURSE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .