knight of the road

Example Sentences

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Why, what is he?—a trickster, a knight of the road.

From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)

At its conclusion the breathless and perspiring knight of the road wearily took the back trail, and a vacant-faced "red-cap" came out to relieve him of his grip.

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)

But the knight of the road was evidently very impatient.

From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

Bailey being one day at an alehouse, not far from Moorfields, fell into the conversation of an Irishman, of a very gay alert temper perfectly suited to the humour of our knight of the road.

From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Hayward, Arthur L.

How do you fancy me as a knight of the road?

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.