cutpurse
Plural: cutpurses
Noun
- A person who steals by cutting purses from pockets; a pickpocket.
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
Examples
- He felt like a linguistic CUTPURSE, snatching a triple-word score with a small, unexpected word.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cutte-purs; equivalent to cut + purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
cutpurse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcutpurse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cutpurse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
cutpurse: valid Words With Friends Word