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
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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
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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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