Pickpurse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pickpurse is a noun meaning (obsolete) Someone who steals purses, or money from purses.
Meaning
(obsolete) Someone who steals purses, or money from purses.
Example Sentences
No, it is false, if it is a pickpurse.
Down with Christ's cross, up with purgatory pickpurse, up with him, the popish purgatory, I mean.
Word Forms
- pickpurses
- pick-purse
Synonyms for pickpurse
Depending on context, synonyms include pickpocket.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pick-purse, cutpurse, cut-purse, pickpocket, pocketer, purloiner.
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