"Cutting" Ball was a notorious criminal during the Elizabethan Age (His name came from a "
cutpurse", a thief.) Thomas Nashe mentions a
Kaynak: Cutting BallCharacters : "Lifter–a
cutpurse. Smart–a plaintiff to
Cutpurse in court (non-speaking role) Recorder –a court clerk who delivers the sentences
Kaynak: Sir Thomas More (play)Books Historical and royal biography : Jonathan Wild: Conman and
cutpurse (2009) William John Wills: Pioneer of the Australian outback
Kaynak: John Van der KisteShe is sometimes referred to as Fishpuppy, a reference to her first night as a "Puppy", when she was tripped while chasing a
cutpurse and
Kaynak: Provost's Dog