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Turpin

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Turpin [ˈtɜːpɪn]
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(Biographies / Turpin, Dick (1706-1739) M, English, CRIME AND POLICING: highwayman) Dick. 1706-39, English highwayman
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Noun1.Turpin - English highwayman (1706-1739)
Dick Turpin
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ROMANCE I Bold Turpin vunce, on Hounslow Heath, His bold mare Bess bestrode-er; Ven there he see'd the Bishop's coach A-coming along the road-er.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
So Richard Turpin, Tom King, and Jerry Abershaw have handed down to fame the names of those on whom they committed their most impudent robberies?
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
They think of doing something for young Tulliver; he saved them from a considerable loss by riding home in some marvellous way, like Turpin, to bring them news about the stoppage of a bank, or something of that sort.
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