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road agent
noun
- (formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S.
road agent
noun
- (formerly) a bandit who robbed stagecoaches; highwayman
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of road agent1
Example Sentences
Paul Manson, the road agent in Wentworth, said he had already been plowing for about six hours Saturday when he encountered Greeson standing in the middle of the road around 8 a.m.
Pop says his firm's meaner than road agents.
Two paymasters, two wagon-trains, and no end of mail-stages had been "jumped" by those enterprising road agents in the course of the five years that followed the war, and not once had a conviction occurred.
“Going to have a real, bad road agent in your play, Ruthie?â€
It would matter a heap if we was to be attacked by Indians or—or road agents; and I should be a lot more comfortable if I knew it was loaded.
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