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Cut−purse was old slang for a pickpocket who specialised in cutting the strings tieing a purse to a belt.
CUTPURSE
English pickpocket and fence (c. 1584 – 1659)
Mary Frith (c. 1584 – 26 July 1659), alias Moll (or Mal) Cutpurse, was a notorious English pickpocket and fence of the London underworld. Moll, apart from
Mary_Frith
Book series by Linda Buckley-Archer
an antigravity machine while chasing Molly, Kate's dog. Gideon Seymour, cutpurse and gentleman, hides from the villainous Tar Man. Suddenly the sky peels
The_Gideon_Trilogy
Species of wasp
Aporus unicolor, common name cutpurse, is a highly specialised spider hunting wasp from the family Pompilidae. Spinola originally thought that there were
Aporus_unicolor
English actor (born 1940)
the Theatre Royal, Bristol (for the Bristol Old Vic Company), playing Cutpurse (a thief among the audience for the play-within-a-play) in Cyrano de Bergerac
Patrick_Stewart
English actor (born 1945)
the most important character of the story." In her performance as Moll Cutpurse in The Roaring Girl—at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in January 1983, and
Helen_Mirren
Sociological constructs related to sex
Mary Frith ("Moll Cutpurse") scandalized 17th century society by wearing male clothing, smoking in public, and otherwise defying gender roles.
Gender
True crime register from England
chapbooks about notorious criminals such as Sawney Bean, Dick Turpin, and Moll Cutpurse. Collected editions of these stories began to appear in the mid-18th century
The_Newgate_Calendar
Former prison in London
at Newgate in 1533 before burning at the stake Mary Frith, alias "Moll Cutpurse", pickpocket and fence in the 1600s – in Newgate multiple times for multiple
Newgate_Prison
1981 Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Pit Theatre, London, 1983 Moll Cutpurse, The Roaring Girl, Barbican Theatre, London, 1983 Marjorie, Extremities
Helen Mirren on screen and stage
Helen_Mirren_on_screen_and_stage
Pleasure pier in Southend-on-Sea
2020. Rayment 2019, p. 118. Rayment 2019, p. 119. Rayment 2019, p. 120. Cutpurse 2010, p. 163. "Southend Pier Statistics". London Daily News. 15 October
Southend_Pier
Riding garment or overskirt worn by women
or kirtles worn beneath. Mary Frith, dramatised as the character Moll Cutpurse in The Roaring Girl, wore a black safeguard over breeches. The safeguard
Safeguard_(costume)
American-born Scottish writer
her partner. She is Jewish. Her works include four lesbian novels: Moll Cutpurse, Her True History (1984) The Fires of Bride (1986) Queendom Come (1990)
Ellen_Galford
Jacobean stage play written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, published 1611
fictionalized dramatization of the life of Mary Frith, known as "Moll Cutpurse", a woman who had gained a reputation as a virago in the early 17th century
The_Roaring_Girl
English noblewoman
riding safeguard worn by one woman reminded a witness, John Bright, of Moll Cutpurse. Beauchamp also disguised himself to escape from the Tower. Both told some
Lady_Arbella_Stuart
English actress (born 1979)
Cowell) and performed in London's West End. In 2014, she starred as Moll Cutpurse in The Roaring Girl with the RSC. In December 2015 she took the title role
Lisa_Dillon
The Gubbins band was a group of footpads, sheep-stealers, beggars, cutpurses, cut-throats and highwaymen who inhabited the area around Lydford in Devon
Gubbins_band
Type of larceny involving theft from pockets
identification in the trash or a back alley. Mary Frith: nicknamed Moll Cutpurse, she was a notorious English pickpocket and fence of the London ,Frith
Pickpocketing
City and unitary authority in Essex, England
(2017). Mass Tourism in a Small World. CABI. p. 107. ISBN 9781780648545. Cutpurse, Molly (2010). The Chronologically Challenged Funeral Director. Lulu.com
Southend-on-Sea
Anonymous poem
Snap and Pedro, Are none of Tom's comradoes, The punk I scorn and the cutpurse sworn, And the roaring boy's bravadoes. The meek, the white, the gentle
Tom_o'_Bedlam
English criminal
notorious criminal during the Elizabethan Age. (His name came from a "cutpurse", a thief.) Thomas Nashe mentions a ballad written about him, which does
Cutting_Ball
Psychiatric hospital in London, England
would-be assailant of King George III Mary Frith – also known as "Moll Cutpurse" or "The Roaring Girl", released from Bedlam in 1644 according to Bridewell
Bethlem_Royal_Hospital
Woven material used in theatre and construction
to sails. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. p. 77. ISBN 9780396081906. Molly Cutpurse: "Miriam's Family Blitz", Lilith Books, 2015, page 151. Kersmaekers, Ivo
Scrim_(material)
Chinese data scientist
"Clustering and Information Retrieval" "The Economist, Crime prevention Cutpurse capers" "The Ethics Of Big Data" "Dr Hui Xiong – Harnessing Big Data to
Hui_Xiong
Method of fishing by hand
the World, in Linda Buckley-Archer's science fiction novel Gideon the Cutpurse, in Robert A. Heinlein's fantasy novel Glory Road, and in the video game
Trout_tickling
British writer
Prizes. The Many Lives of John Stone (2015) The Gideon trilogy: Gideon the Cutpurse (US title: The Time Travelers) (2006) The Tar Man (US title: The Time Thief)
Linda_Buckley-Archer
Lost Shakespearean play
Twickenham, in a production by Richmond Shakespeare Society in association with Cutpurse. The stage play Double Falsehood varies its tone from that of the episode
The_History_of_Cardenio
1975 novel by E. L. Konigsburg
characters and their relationship. The son of a poor shoemaker, Salai is a cutpurse caught in the act by the master, whose grasp and visage he mistakes for
The_Second_Mrs._Giaconda
Raster graphics editor
panel posted every night at midnight. British author and artist Molly Cutpurse used Deluxe Paint to create the video graphics for the 1989 film Murder
Deluxe_Paint
English dramatist and pamphleteer (c. 1572–1632)
city comedy that incorporates the real-life contemporary figure 'Moll Cutpurse', otherwise known as Mary Frith, was a collaboration with Middleton in
Thomas_Dekker_(writer)
always happy Epicurus Benjamin Franklin Edward Jenner Mary Seacole Moll Cutpurse Richard Feynman 3 Driven The highly motivated Genghis Khan Robert Peary
The_QI_Book_of_the_Dead
Theft of goods from a retail establishment
London included Mary Frith, the pickpocket and fence also known as Moll Cutpurse, pickpocket Moll King, Sarah McCabe whose shoplifting career spanned twenty
Shoplifting
British comedian, author, artist and world record holder
characters including: a usurer, a drunken bagpiper, a whore, a panderer, a cutpurse, an informer, a "post-knight", and a "royster". Although Taylor claimed
Tim_FitzHigham
Topics referred to by the same term
Quartet, a series of young adult books by Caroline B. Cooney Gideon the Cutpurse or The Time Travelers, a 2006 children's novel by Linda Buckley-Archer
Time_Traveler
Fictional character in ''Oliver Twist''
is the leader of a criminal gang in 17th-century Seville that includes cutpurses and cape stealers. Fagin has been the subject of much debate over antisemitism
Fagin
Gentleman of Leisure* The Intrusion of Jimmy P. G. Wodehouse Novel Gideon the Cutpurse* The Time Travelers Linda Buckley-Archer Novel The Girl on the Boat* Three
List of works with different titles in the United Kingdom and United States
List_of_works_with_different_titles_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_United_States
Town in Devon, England
docked at Dartmouth Harbour. It attracted all manner of traders, dealers, cutpurses and thieves and by the time Sir Walter Raleigh arrived to reclaim the
Dartmouth,_Devon
Stories by Dorothy Parker Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes From the Hogarthian Underworld by Lucy Moore The Conference of
List_of_Penguin_Classics
Type of fantasy race
kender, and as such have adapted the word kender to mean thief, rogue, or cutpurse. Kender take great offense to these epithets, especially the last. The
Kender_(Dragonlance)
Dungeons & Dragons adventure module
hat to my artist friend, the late, great Dave Sutherland. 'Ayares the Cutpurse' reflected my long-standing annoyance with the Internal Revenue Service
Scourge_of_the_Slave_Lords
18th century English criminal (1682/83–1725)
65. Moore, p. 63. Chisholm 1911. Lucy Moore, ed. (2004). Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld. Penguin Classics. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-043760-6
Jonathan_Wild
Eighteenth-century criminal
pp. 195–220. ISBN 978-1-3493-5806-9. Moore, Lucy (2001). Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-100346-7
London_Monster
Act of Parliament of England
dress like men. One of the most successful of these was Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse) who also helped organise and instruct the criminal underworld. The whole
Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
Vagabonds_and_Beggars_Act_1494
2015 Turkish film
Taner Turan, Burçin Birben, Ahmet Özaslan and Evrim Doğan. Years ago, a cutpurse named Zarok kidnapped a very young baby girl in Edirne, which resulted
Cute_&_Dangerous
Topics referred to by the same term
legendary 17th-century resident of Leonardtown, Maryland Mary Frith (also Moll Cutpurse; (c. 1584 – 1659), notorious English pickpocket and fence Moll King (coffee
Moll
Elizabethan play likely worked on by Shakespeare
London – historically John Rest Justice Suresby – magistrate Lifter – cutpurse Smart – plaintiff against Lifter (non-speaking role) Recorder In Court
Sir_Thomas_More_(play)
Topics referred to by the same term
Joseph Blake (criminal), nicknamed "Blueskin" A character in Gideon the Cutpurse Blue skin (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Blueskin
1946 film by Douglas Sirk
he is constantly in and out of jail. As the story begins, he and his cutpurse cellmate and associate, Emile Vernet, escape using a file hidden in a birthday
A_Scandal_in_Paris
British-born historian and writer (born 1970)
Coren, and in a BBC documentary Glamour's Golden Age in 2013. Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld The Thieves Opera: The Remarkable
Lucy_Moore_(historian)
American publisher
Parker's Jonestown and Other Madness, Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant, and Moll Cutpurse, Her True History by Ellen Galford. In 1988, Bereano published Dorothy
Nancy_K._Bereano
English soldier and administrator
women wore a black riding safeguard and a black hat, reminding him of Moll Cutpurse. Bowyer died in November 1628. His wife was Alice Bowyer, and they had
William_Bowyer_(died_1628)
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List of English words of Old English origin
List_of_English_words_of_Old_English_origin
195 BCE war between Sparta and a Greco-Roman alliance
Polybius described Nabis's force as "a crowd of murderers, burglars, cutpurses and highwaymen". In 205 BC, Nabis signed a peace treaty with Rome, but
War_against_Nabis
Portuguese ship
theft by curious locals; it attracted all manner of traders, dealers, cutpurses, and thieves from miles around. By the time Walter Raleigh had restored
Madre_de_Deus
1998 novel by Anthony Horowitz
to gain sympathy while begging. He's later befriended by the thief Moll Cutpurse, who gives him clothes and takes him to the theater, where he meets William
The_Devil_and_His_Boy
British author (born 1954)
Spanish Monarchy from Isabel to Juan Carlos (2007) Jonathan Wild: Conman and Cutpurse (2009) William John Wills: Pioneer of the Australian Outback (2011) Alfred
John_Van_der_Kiste
2002 British TV series or programme
public transport had filled the road with traffic, thieves like Moll [Cutpurse] were guaranteed a regular income. She was just one entrepreneur profiting
What_the_Stuarts_Did_for_Us
British playwright and writer (born 1959)
London. Adapted from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen 1992 Moll Cutpurse, first produced at The Drill Hall, London. 1992 The Devil's Only Sleeping
Nick_Stafford
Comic book character
lover Guild Master – An old dwarf who invites Ukko to join the Guild of Cutpurses, Varlets and Mendicants Kyot – A medieval troubadour who allies with Sláine
Sláine_(character)
Church in City of London, England
Martin's and the circular dome of St Paul's. In "The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse" by Dekker and Middleton, Sebastian says "The clock at Ludgate, sir, it
St_Martin,_Ludgate
1943 film
he is met by all the previous owners of the hand: a royal musketeer, a cutpurse, a juggler, an illusionist, a surgeon, his assistant (who became a boxer)
La_Main_du_diable
minute, however, Houdini foils his plans after Lucy reminds him of his cutpurse trick. He later helps Lucy rescue Wyatt and Rufus from H. H. Holmes. Sophia
List_of_Timeless_characters
English ecclesiastical festival
The festival often attracted unsavoury characters, such as pedlars, cutpurses and pickpockets, and became a pretext for heavy drinking in otherwise
Rushbearing
Stage play by John Fletcher
month. Her suitors, including a Lawyer, Physician, Fool, Captain, and a Cutpurse all leave upon learning they will be executed. Valerio, disguised as the
A_Wife_for_a_Month
Branch of pragmatic philosophy
visible crests in titles such as literary essayist Edward Dahlberg's "Cutpurse Philosopher" about James, in which Dahlberg claimed that Peirce had "tombstone
Pragmaticism
December, pp. 39–44. Eprint[link removed]. Dahlberg, Edward (1964), "Cutpurse Philosopher", a page-and-some-fraction essay in his collection Alms for
Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography
Charles_Sanders_Peirce_bibliography
British historian (born 1959)
women" including early French writer Christine de Pizan, criminal Moll Cutpurse, and Christian Cavanagh who joined the army in male disguise. In 2005 she
Jane_Robinson_(historian)
Novel trilogy by Tamora Pierce
to her first night as a "Puppy", when she was tripped while chasing a cutpurse and landed in a pile of fish guts. She is also sometimes referred to as
Provost's_Dog
1989 RPG video game
the four classes of Warrior, Mage, Adventurer or Thief (referred to as 'cutpurse' in game), each with their own particular capability. Within each class
Bloodwych
American novelist
protagonists Crispin Guest, a disgraced knight turned detective, along with his cutpurse servant Jack Tucker, received a nomination for the Macavity Award (Sue
Jeri_Westerson
Annual literary award
Bella Pearson David Fickling Books Winner Linda Buckley-Archer Gideon the Cutpurse Simon & Schuster Finalist Charlie Fletcher Stoneheart Hodder Finalist Ally
Branford_Boase_Award
Battle of 1592 during the Anglo-Spanish War
(32 m) long. Madre de Deus attracted all manner of traders, dealers, cutpurses, and thieves from miles around, from as far as London and beyond. At seeing
Battle_of_Flores_(1592)
English aristocrat and courtier
which produced from him in August 1702 a second ballad "to the tune of the Cutpurse." Her name is often mentioned in the Journal to Stella, and as a vocal
Lady_Elizabeth_Germain
Compiler of volumes of biographies
frequently no less mythical, about the Golden Farmer, Nevison, Duval, Moll Cutpurse, and a score of other notorious persons. The life of the highwaywoman Joan
Captain_Alexander_Smith
Species of gastropod
World Register of Marine Species - Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776". "'Cutpurse wasp' wins species naming competition". The Guardian. 2012-07-24. ISSN 0261-3077
Akera_bullata
Feminist and lesbian publishing house founded in Ithaca, New York
Parker's Jonestown and Other Madness, Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant, and Moll Cutpurse, Her True History by Ellen Galford. Bereano has emphasised the importance
Firebrand_Books
1616) Approximate date William Baffin, explorer (died 1622) Mary Frith, cutpurse (died 1659) Myles Standish, military officer and colonist (died 1656) 1585
1580s_in_England
Dutch painter
reference to Theodor’s artistic achievements, portrayed him as a complete cutpurse, and served no purpose other than to distress his widow, to whom van Gool’s
Theodor_van_Pee
Boardwalk in Guayaquil, Ecuador
was also regarded as a very unsafe place, as many thieves, muggers and cutpurses took advantage of the cover provided by overgrown foliage and poor illumination
Malecón_Simón_Bolívar
English highwayman (died 1605)
had gained at Stratford-on-Avon. He is a secondary character, with Moll Cutpurse, in Anthony Horowitz's young adult novel The Devil and His Boy (1998).
Gamaliel_Ratsey
Surname list
footballer Gubbins band, group of footpads, sheep-stealers, beggars, cutpurses, cut-throats and highwaymen around Lydford in Devon during the English
Gubbins
American writer and scholar (born 1965)
activities and idiosyncratic languages of gypsies, rogues, vagabonds, and cutpurses interacted with normative society and culture. Reynolds argues that the
Bryan_Reynolds_(scholar)
List of events
writer (died 1724) 20 August – Henry Every, pirate 26 July – Mary Frith, cutpurse (born c.1584) 20 September – Thomas Morton, deposed bishop (born 1564)
1659_in_England
Political scandal in Serbia
everything Serbian" and of campaigning against Serbia. He was described as the cutpurse and "scientific abomination". All government tabloids and TV stations at
Siniša Mali plagiarism scandal
Siniša_Mali_plagiarism_scandal
Misdemeanour in England
pp. 209–201. Retrieved 7 April 2025. Moore, Lucy (2004). Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9780141906034
Theftbote
Tabletop role-playing game supplement
types of armed robberies temple looters and tomb robbers pickpockets and cutpurses assassins pirates Two adventures are included: The adventurers must rescue
Thieves'_Guild_8
Slangs & AI meanings
Horn−thumb was th century English slang for a pickpocket, so named on account of the habit of cutpurses of wearing a thimble of horn on their thumb to avoid cutting themselves with their knife.
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
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n.
One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket
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