cutpurse

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/    美 /ˈkʌtˌpɝs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
    — A cutpurse of the empire and the rule

词形变化

cutpurses plural cut-purse alternative

词源

From Middle English cutte-purs; equivalent to cut + purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut.
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