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Cutpurse
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cutpurse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cutpurse.html. 1828.