highwayman.html - See: DIVIDED HIGHWAY or DUAL HIGHWAY.

highwayman.html - {n. phr.} 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. * /Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day./ 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's excessive charge. * /To someone from a small town, the prices of meals and theater tickets in New York often seem to he highway robbery./

highwayman.html - n.
1 a a public road. b a main route (by land or water).
2 a direct course of action (on the highway to success).

Highway Code Brit. the official booklet of guidance for road-users. King's (or Queen's) highway a public road, regarded as being under the sovereign's protection.

highwayman.html - n.
(pl. -men) hist. a robber of passengers, travellers, etc., usu. mounted. [HIGHWAY]

highwayman.html - See: DIVIDED HIGHWAY or DUAL HIGHWAY.

highwayman.html - {n. phr.} 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. * /Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day./ 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's excessive charge. * /To someone from a small town, the prices of meals and theater tickets in New York often seem to he highway robbery./