Meanings
nounpick-purse (plural pick-purses)
plural pick-purses
- alternativeAlternative form of pickpurse.
Yes, I think he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer
c. 1599–1623, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 3, scene 4
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