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Turpin   /tˈərpɪn/   Listen
Turpin

noun
1.
English highwayman (1706-1739).  Synonym: Dick Turpin.





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"Turpin" Quotes from Famous Books



... robber who had assailed him on his way to pay his rent, and had brought him into town trotting cross-handed at his horse's tail, the captive of his loaded whip and stout right arm. It is doubtful if this draggled Dick Turpin, lying in Bridewell, appreciated Birkenbog's humour quite so much as did Cochrane and Blethering Jock when he ...
— The Dew of Their Youth • S. R. Crockett


Words linked to "Turpin" :   highjacker, hijacker, road agent, Dick Turpin, highwayman


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