English highwayman (1706-1739)

Usage examples of turpin.

He turned his back to Hadley, then, concentrating on the vidphone, calling Leon Turpin, the chief of TD.

Leon Turpin had ruled the great industrial syndrome which comprised the enterprise Terran Development.

Anxiously, Leon Turpin tried to picture to himself the possible means by which the news had leaked out.

Washington plant, Leon Turpin met the deep-space explorer Frank Woodbine, about whom he had heard so much.

Woodbine did not seem to be bothered, but Leon Turpin felt slightly irritable.

TD engineers Turpin managed to kneel down and crawl tremulously after Woodbine.

Felt like a kid again, Turpin said, to himself, experiencing both fear and delight.

Woodbine lifted Turpin to his feet and set him upright on the grass-covered soil.

Without waiting for Stanley or Turpin, he sprinted toward the parked alien vehicle.

Stanley said, his voice filtering to Leon Turpin, mixing with the rushing of wind through the nearby trees.

Leon Turpin watched, Frank Woodbine and Stanley studied the machinery which propelled the craft.

Leon Turpin himself, had crossed over via the defective Jiffi-scuttler, along with various company personnel and media people.

I understand, has asked Turpin if a mixed bag of specialists from various bureaus can accompany us tomorrow.

Don Stanley, administrative assistant to Leon Turpin, was awakened by the ringing of his vidphone.

Leon Turpin, chairman of the board of directors of Terran Development, heard the news about the Pekes he was fit to be tied.