turnpike-man

Once a turnpike-man would have detained him; but, ha! ha! he charged the pike, and cleared it at a bound.

A Legend of the Rhine 2006

Once a turnpike-man would have detained him; but, ha! ha! he charged the pike, and cleared it at a bound.

Burlesques 2006

The turnpike-man, who appeared to be quite decrepid and infirm, on this came out.

Travels in England in 1782 2004

First of all we ran the turnpike-man to earth, and frightened him into turning King's evidence.

Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

The turnpike-man relaxes, in favour of your 'pink,' his usual grimness.

A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid 1846

In fact, if it had not been for a good-hearted turnpike-man, and a benevolent old lady, Oliver's troubles would have been shortened by the very same process which had put an end to his mother's; in other words, he would most assuredly have fallen dead upon the king's highway.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

In fact, if it had not been for a good-hearted turnpike-man, and a benevolent old lady, Oliver's troubles would have been shortened by the very same process which had put an end to his mother's; in other words, he would most assuredly have fallen dead upon the king's highway.

Oliver Twist 1838

Once a turnpike-man would have detained him; but, ha! ha! he charged the pike, and cleared it at a bound.

Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Half a dozen words served to convey my wishes to the turnpike-man, as many shillings rendered him my firm friend, and half the number of minutes sufficed to close and effectually bolt and bar the gate.

Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil Frank E. Smedley 1835

This I believed to be true, and I was far from certain that, although morally guilty, Captain Spicer had committed any offence for which he could be punished by law; moreover, as he had been a good deal knocked about in his conflict with the turnpike-man, and I had more than half-strangled him with my own hands, I felt leniently disposed towards him.

Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil Frank E. Smedley 1835