pickpurse
pickpurse noun: someone who steals purses, or money from purses.
Noun
pickpurse (plural pickpurses)
- 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.1548 January 18, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough, quoted in Sermons by Hugh Latimer, Cambridge University Press, published 1884, page 71
- No, it is false, if it is a pickpurse.1602, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 1
- Synonyms:
- pickpocket
Synonyms of pickpurse
Forms of pickpurse
| plural | pickpurses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pick-purse |
Origin of pickpurse
From Middle English pikepurse, pykeporse, equivalent to pick + purse.
Questions about pickpurse
- What does pickpurse mean?
- Pickpurse means someone who steals purses, or money from purses.
- What part of speech is pickpurse?
- Pickpurse is a noun.
- What is the plural of pickpurse?
- The plural of pickpurse is pickpurses.
Words near pickpurse in the dictionary
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