It is a thief, sort of a pickpocket. In Medieval times, men and women carried their money in a purse on their belts. A cut purse would brush up against them, cut the purse and take the money out of the slit.
There is no such character as "cut-purse" in the Rostand play.
You can make the compound words cutout, cutup, cut-purse, from cut.
They would be KILLED
1 to 3 % of the fighters purse
A cut-purse is a thief. The modern day name would be a pick-pocket. They were called cut-purses because in the days when people carried their money in a bag (a purse) hung off their belts, the thieves would steell them by cutting the cord attaching the purse to the belt. Theatres were goo places for cut-purses to operate because they were crowded (people stood rather then sat) and peoples attention was focused on the stage/actors rather than their purses.
The purse
It is this lady's purse.
because it's a purse, you can also call it a wallet........
It used to be based on the winnner receiving 18% of the total purse, then a sliding scale down from there for the remainder of the field that made the cut. Might still be that way, not sure in these days of multi-million dollar purses!
purse = 'eke'eke
There are many different ways to go about doing this. One way is to glue individual wrappers together and form a purse shape. Another way is to cut apart the wrappers and weave them together to form a purse. When I was younger I made purses from wrappers taped together, but these were not very sturdy and did not look as neat as the above two options.
You can use cut off jean scraps on lots of different sewing projects:Coin purse/card holder (link below)Denim doggy bed (link below)Purse/tote (link below)Travel sewing kit (link below)Quilt (link below)Apron (link below)PillowWall hanging for storage (link below)