cutpurseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 cutte-purs; equivalent to cut +‎ purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkʌtˌpɝs/
• enPR: kŭt′pûrs′

名詞

cutpurse (plural cutpurses)

1. A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     A cutpurse of the empire and the rule

   • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     The Gipsie snap & Pedro
     are none of Toms Comradoes,
     yͤ punck I skorne, & yͤ cutpurse sworn
     & yͤ roring boyes brauadoes

同意語

• pickpocket, see also Thesaurus:pickpocket

アナグラム

• supercut