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ˈpurseless, a. [f. purse n. + -less.] Having no purse; without a purse.1690 C. Nesse O. & N. Test. I. 346 The purseless traveller fears not the purse-cutter. 1867 R. Palmer Life P. Howard 3 As purseless, scripless and shoeless as the seventy-two disciples of Christ.
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scripless
scripless, a. (ˈskrɪplɪs) [scrip n.1] Without scrip or wallet. (With allusion to Matt. x. 10.)1850 J. Hamilton Mem. Lady Colquhoun vi. 234 Then it was that on the adherents of the new and scripless Institution was poured out that spirit of joyful contribution. 1867 R. Palmer Life P. Howard 3 As purs...
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purse-cutter
ˈpurse-ˌcutter A thief who cuts purses and abstracts their contents; a cutpurse.c 1420 ? Lydg. Assembly of Gods 697 Tyburne coloppys, and pursekytters. c 1515 Cocke Lorells B. 11 Players, purse cutters, money baterers. 1690 [see purseless]. 1881 Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet 11, Footpads and purse-c...
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Niki de Saint Phalle
"At one point, Gloria Steinem spotted Saint Phalle walking down Fifty-seventh Street, purseless and in a cowboy getup.
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