What is "holdup man"

Usage examples of "holdup man".

Only one holdup man tried that stretch, and the stage just ran off and left him standing there.

He had driven stage, ridden shotgun for Wells Fargo, during which time he killed a holdup man and wounded his partner.

Do not help a holdup man to claim that he acts as your friend and benefactor.

As gangster, thug, holdup man and second-story artist Billy had found food for his appetite within the dismal, sooty streets of Chicago's great West Side, and then Fate had flung him upon the savage shore of Yoka to find other forms of adventure where the best that is in a strong man may be brought out in the stern battle for existence against primeval men and conditions.

In one version, the holdup man spun toward him, gun in hand, and Elliott had to face him with an unloaded revolver.

Ackerman said, talking as he emptied the register, taking note of the holdup man's physical appearance as he did so.