pursepickn.
/ˈpəːspɪk/, U.S. /ˈpərsˌpɪk/, Scottish English /ˈpʌrspɪk/ Originally Scottish. Now rare.
= purse-picker n.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun]
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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 122 Every pelour and purspyk Sayis, ‘Land war bettir warit on me’.
1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow iii. 87 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 306 An heretyk, a purspyk, A lumbard, a lolard.
1977 J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) vi. 76 Pigeon droppers, pursepicks, muggers. Don't walk the Boulevard at night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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