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
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 says, There was no call at all to shift you up here away from Patricia when you didn’t even know what happened to the highwayman and Bess.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Kirsty MacLaren, 33, plays Margot, the tour guide whose bus is targeted by the unlikely highwaymen.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
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
“Traveling salesmen were the No. 1 target for highwaymen; they were easy targets,” he said.
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2016
“Healways gets into trouble before things work out for him. There are probably highwaymen down this road!”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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