highwayman
Americannoun
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highwaymen
plural
noun
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Origin of highwayman
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Between 1979 and 1982 he took on the more dramatic titlular role of 18th Century highwayman Dick Turpin, in ITV's series.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Noel Fielding stars in Apple TV+’s ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,’ a comedic take on the 18th century British highwayman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
How many other writers could convincingly depict a blind highwayman or cap that eerie encounter with a duel on bagpipes between Alan and a son of the famous Rob Roy?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2021
On this date in 1879, the stages between Maricopa and Phoenix were held up so frequently that acting Gov. John W. Gasper offered a bounty of $500 for every highwayman caught in the act.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2017
I can dream about the red-lipped landlord’s daughter and the highwayman, and the nurses and nuns can do nothing about it.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Thieves practicing the Welsh folk tradition of Mari Lwyd encounter two resurrected 19th-century highwaymen.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
“From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they’re tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms designed to distinguish the initiated, and to keep strangers out.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2017
“Among these unheroic transplants were roguish highwaymen, mean vagrants, Irish rebels, known whores, and an assortment of convicts shipped to the colonies for grand larcenies or other property crimes.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2016
“Traveling salesmen were the No. 1 target for highwaymen; they were easy targets,” he said.
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2016
“Because Pecheneg highwaymen are setting a trap for Kievan travelers! If we go right, we’ll walk straight into an ambush. We need to go left.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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