A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pik-purs,) Pyk-pors, -puris, n. [e.m.E. and ME. pykpurs (Chaucer), pickpurse (1543). See also Pike-purs(e n.] One who steals purses or their contents. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 114 (M).
Pynd pyk pors [B. -puris] peilour
