英语网 单词
cutpurse的意思
cutpurse
英 ['kʌtpɜːs]
美
- n. 扒手，小偷
英文词源
- 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.