pick-purse, pickpurse (n.) Old form(s): picke purse, picke-purse, picke-purses
pickpocket, purse-stealer
1H4 II.i.49[Chamberlain to Gadshill] 'At hand, quoth pick-purse'
AYL III.iv.21[Celia to Rosalind, of Orlando] he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer
LLL IV.iii.207[Berowne to King, of all those who have taken vows] Are pick-purses in love
MW I.i.148[Evans to Falstaff, of Pistol] if it is a pick-purse
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