highwayman
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Rachel says the locals would enjoy telling them stories about how the forest is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of legendary highwayman Dick Turpin, Queen Boudicca and many more.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Now he is the star of “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” premiering Friday on Apple TV+, which drops him into the tale of the legendary 18th century highwayman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 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
Above all, Mackay is a compelling storyteller, whatever his topic: haunted houses, phony relics, celebrated highwaymen, the clever guiles of fortune-tellers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2019
“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
“Traveling salesmen were the No. 1 target for highwaymen; they were easy targets,” he said.
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2016
She wondered if there had been a fire, or an outbreak of a contagious disease, or if a band of ruthless highwaymen had been spotted nearby!
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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