pickpurseEtymologyFrom Middle English pikepurse, pykeporse, equivalent to pick + purse.pickpurse means someone who steals purses, or money from purses. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nounSomeone who steals purses, or money from purses.“Down with Christ's cross, up with purgatory pickpurse, up with him, the popish purgatory, I mean.”