What does pickpurse mean?
Pickpurse means (obsolete) Someone who steals purses, or money from purses..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Someone who steals purses, or money from purses..
Down with Christ's cross, up with purgatory pickpurse, up with him, the popish purgatory, I mean.
No, it is false, if it is a pickpurse.
Use pickpurse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pickpurse means (obsolete) Someone who steals purses, or money from purses..
Common synonyms include pickpocket.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Down with Christ's cross, up with purgatory pickpurse, up with him, the popish purgatory, I mean.
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