highwayman

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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

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

Patricia is gone and I’ll never know what happened to the highwayman and Bess, the landlord’s daughter.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt