† bidstandn.
Obsolete.
A highwayman.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman
routerc1300
malandryna1438
stradarolle1562
highpad1567
highway robber1577
way-beatera1586
lance-man1589
high lawyer1591
St. Nicholas' clerk1598
outrider1599
bidstand1600
land-pirate1608
highwayman1617
pad1652
knight of the road1665
rum-padder1665
paddist1671
rum pad1688
pad-thief1690
gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700
snaffler1728
gentleman1778
scamp1782
scampsman1799
bandolero1832
ladrone1832
Spring-heeled Jack1838
road agent1840
agent1876
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iii. sig. Miii He has been the only Bid-stand that euer was..hee has had his Mares and his Geldings..would ha' sprung you ouer hedge and ditch like your Greyhound: hee has done fiue hundred Robberies in his time. View more context for this quotation
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous II. vii. 225 Rogues, Thieves..Bidstands, and Clapper-dudgeons..infested the outskirts of the Old Palace.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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