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cutpurse


cut·purse

noun \ˈkət-ˌpərs\

Definition of CUTPURSE

: pickpocket

First Known Use of CUTPURSE

14th century

Rhymes with CUTPURSE

adverse, amerce, asperse, averse, coerce, commerce, converse, disburse, disperse, diverse, dry nurse, free verse, immerse, inverse, Nez Percé, obverse, perverse, rehearse, reverse, scrub nurse, sesterce, submerse, transverse, traverse, wet nurse

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