pickpurse
English
noun
Definitions
- One who steals purses, or money from purses.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pikepurse com from English pick + English purse (pucker, small bag for carrying money).
Origin
English
purse
Gloss
pucker, small bag for carrying money
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipick English
- autopick English
- cutpurse English
- dispurse English
- downpick English
- earpick English
- fingerpick English
- handpick English
- manpurse English
- nitpick English
- nutpick English
- pick English
- pick-fault English
- pick-quarrel English
- pickability English
- pickable English
- pickcheese English
- picker English
- pickest English
- picketh English
- pickfest English
- pickguard English
- picklist English
- picklock English
- pickman English
- pickmire English
- pickoff English
- pickpenny English
- pickpocket English
- pickproof English
- picksome English
- picktooth English
- pickup English
- picky English
- purse English
- purse-proud English
- purseful English
- purseless English
- purselike English
- purser English
- pursestring English
- ragpick English
- repick English
- toothpick English
- unpick English
- unpurse English
- ピック Japanese
- piken Middle English
- pikepurse Middle English
- purse Middle English
- pix Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pick
- purse
- picky
- purser
- unpick
- pickup
- repick
- picker
- pickest
- pickman
- unpurse
- ragpick
- nutpick
- picketh
- nitpick
- pickoff
- earpick
- downpick
- purseful
- picksome
- pickfest
- picklist
- pickable
- dispurse
- picklock
- autopick
- cutpurse
- pickmire
- handpick
- antipick
- manpurse
- pickpenny
- purseless
- toothpick
- purselike
- picktooth
- pickproof
- pickguard
- pickcheese
- fingerpick
- pick-fault
- pickpocket
- pickability
- pursestring
- purse-proud
- pick-quarrel