單詞
cutpurse
英 ['k?tp??s]
美
基本信息
- n. 扒手，小偷
英文詞源
- 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.
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