Jerry Abershawe was a notorious footpad.
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Footpad
Synonyms for "footpad" (10 found)
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German
1 entries- Straßenräuber noun (thief on foot who robs on the road)
Polish
2 entries- rozbójniczka noun (thief on foot who robs on the road)
- rozbójnik noun (thief on foot who robs on the road)
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The fraudulent clerk and the flash "cracksman" interchanged experiences. The smuggler's stories of lucky ventures and successful runs were capped by the footpad’s reminiscences of foggy nights and stolen watches.
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Col. Isaac Trumbo, who made a fortune in Utah and lost it in San Francisco, died here to-day of injuries received last Saturday night, when he was beaten by footpads.
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He would lend it to get rid of Podson: the price of three weeks' food money extorted from him by a footpad.
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