highwayman
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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
He has gone on to establish regular, silly characters - a romantic poet, a highwayman with a hobbyhorse, and a running story that sends up the allure of the archetypal aloof hero.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2022
In the late 1950s, Zorro grew especially popular because of a Disney television series featuring handsome Guy Williams as the daredevil highwayman.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019
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
He knew an Irish poem once but it was about fairies and had no sign of a highwayman in 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
In the 1960s, the highwaymen had plans to drive Interstate 95 straight through D.C.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
“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
“Not at all. He was almost genteel as highwaymen go. I had him pegged as a low-ranking officer before he deserted.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
