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Meanings of
cutpurse
in English
Portuguese
batedor de carteira
Catalan
pispa
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A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.
dip
pickpocket
Portuguese
batedor de carteira
Usage of
cutpurse
in English
1
I held a desperate hope that I could
cutpurse
that much in time.
2
What good is a
cutpurse
who cannot use his fingers?
3
Threadbare coat, worn boots, you look like a common
cutpurse
.
4
Minor knife wound from a girl
cutpurse
he tried to help, according to him.
5
Upon my entrance the
cutpurse
looked up from his conversation with Moll and scowled.
6
That little
cutpurse
just stole the bag with his widow's payment for it all!
7
Do not leave me here to be picked up by some
cutpurse
or bourgeois lout.
8
I briefly considered trying to
cutpurse
the money, but I knew it was a bad idea.
9
Most of the doxies are half
cutpurse
,
themselves.
10
Here and there, a
cutpurse
slunk through the crowd, seeking his own type of bargain-anunwary victim.
11
Do you take me for a
cutpurse
?
12
Ashamed that sin nae longer besets ye, an' that ye are lifted above the thief an' the
cutpurse
!
13
Fae are capricious, mischievous but no more dangerous than a common
cutpurse
.
That last sounded suspiciously like a quote.
14
Cut-throat, yes;
cutpurse
,
no.
15
I'd just sold the last bottle to one of the guards, who now leaned against a gibbet holding a corpse labeled
cutpurse
.
16
He tickles his ears with a straw, and while he is pleased with scratching it, picks his pocket, as the
cutpurse
served Bartl.
Other examples for "cutpurse"
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cutpurse
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
common cutpurse
cutpurse that
cutpurse the money
label cutpurse
little cutpurse
Translations for
cutpurse
Portuguese
batedor de carteira
trombadinha
Catalan
pispa
tallabosses
carterista
Cutpurse
through the time