cutpurse

英 ['kʌtpɜːs] 美
  • n. 扒手，小偷
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英语词源

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.