pick-purse
1pick-purse — pickˈ purse noun Someone who steals the purse or from the purse of another • • • Main Entry: ↑pick …
2pick|purse — «PIHK PURS», noun. a person who steals purses or their contents …
3purse — pick·purse; purse; purse·ful; purse·less; …
4pick — mis·pick; mis·pick·el; pick; pick·able; pick·a·dil; pick·age; pick·a·nin·ny; pick·a·way; pick·el; pick·el·hau·be; pick·er·el; pick·er·ing; pick·er·ing·ite; pick·ery; pick·et·er; pick·fork; pick·le·man; pick·ler; pick·man; pick·nick; pick·purse;… …
5Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 …
6pick — pick1 [pik] vt. [ME pykken, var. of picchen, to PITCH2] Weaving to throw (a shuttle) n. 1. one passage or throw of the shuttle of a loom 2. one of the weft threads, or filling yarns pick2 [pik] n. [ …
7pick pockets — (or pick someone s pocket) : to steal money or objects from someone s pockets or purse One of the boys distracted her while the other picked her pocket. She survived on the streets by shoplifting and picking pockets. see also ↑pickpocket • • •… …
8purse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (esp. BrE) for carrying money ADJECTIVE ▪ leather ▪ change (AmE) VERB + PURSE ▪ open ▪ snatch …
9pick — I. /pɪk / (say pik) verb (t) 1. to choose or select carefully. 2. to choose (one s way or steps), as over rough ground or through a crowd. 3. to seek and find occasion for: to pick a quarrel. 4. to seek or find (flaws) in a spirit of fault… …
10pick up — phr verb Pick up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑aerial, ↑bus, ↑business, ↑cab, ↑ear, ↑economy, ↑market, ↑media, ↑microphone, ↑rating, ↑trade, ↑wind …
