knight of the road
Example Sentences
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The newspaper spirit had its embodiment in Micky O'Byrn, the tattered knight of the road whose first story electrified the city editor of the Courier.
From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.
Ten minutes later Red Haney, knight of the road, was placed under arrest as a suspicious character.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
The name of "Jim Joggers" has given way to the real name of that former knight of the road.
From The High School Boys' Training Hike by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Suddenly though his jaw dropped and, replacing his battered headpiece, with double-handed indecent haste the knight of the road executed an incredibly nimble "right-about turn" and vanished behind the station-house.
From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Kendall, Ralph S.
From the roof of the car another knight of the road signaled, and thither McWade clambered, kicking off the clutching hand of his former enemy.
From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
