highwayman

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“Dick Turpin” stars Noel Fielding, best known here from “The Great British Baking Show,” as a potted version of the legendary 17th century highwayman, the accidental leader of a gang of brigands.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 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

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

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