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DICK TURPIN

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• DICK TURPIN (noun)
The noun DICK TURPIN has 1 sense:

1. English highwayman (1706-1739)

Familiarity information: DICK TURPIN used as a noun is very rare.

• DICK TURPIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

English highwayman (1706-1739)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dick Turpin; Turpin

Instance hypernyms:

highjacker; highwayman; hijacker; road agent (a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it)

"Even a worm will turn."
(English proverb)
"The work of the youth is a blanket for the old."
(Albanian proverb)
"He who speaks about the future lies, even when he tells the truth."
(Arabic proverb)
"Some die; others bloom."
(Corsican proverb)

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