单词 | purse-carver |
释义 | † purse-carvern. Obsolete. = purse-cutter n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > cut-purse cutpurse1362 purse-carverc1380 purse-cuttera1500 knight of the knife1631 tear-placketa1640 c1380 in D. D. Pilkington Eng. Compound Nouns (M.A. thesis, Univ. of London) (1920) 29 Purskervare, Arnald le. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 181 (MED) A purskevere [v.rr. purskerver, purskervere; L. bursarum incisor] in kuttinge of purses werþ i-cliȝt in his hondes. ?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 320 (MED) Þe proude worldly preste of Rome and alle his fautours ben most cursed of clipperis and purse-kerveris. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 417 Purskeruare, bursida. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1380 |
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