pickpurse
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pickpurse
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From Middle English pikepurse, pykeporse, equivalent to pick + purse.
noun pickpurses · pick-purse
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Someone who steals purses, or money from purses.
Down with Christ's cross, up with purgatory pickpurse, up with him, the popish purgatory, I mean.
Similar: pickpocket
Talk about this word "pickpurse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pickpurse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pickpurse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pickpurse "pickpurse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pickpurse.Cite this
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title = {pickpurse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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