cutpurse

英式音标：cutpurse怎么读

美式音标：cutpurse怎么读

cutpurse词义

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n. 扒手，小偷


cutpurse英文词源

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cutpurse (n.)
"one who steals by the method of cutting purses, a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles" [Johnson], mid-14c., from cut (v.) + purse (n.). The word continued after the method switched to picking pockets.