knight of the road

Example Sentences

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I have, for the time being, assumed the habiliments of a knight of the road, for certain purposes of my own.

From The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health by Hope, Laura Lee

Ah, to be knight of the road and everlasting squire to the Goddess of Love!

From Truxton King A Story of Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr

Her better judgment told her that she could be nothing to this debonair knight of the road, yet her heart stubbornly resisted all the arguments that her reason put forth.

From Beverly of Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr

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)

"The young girl's health, gentlemen, with three times three, and may her husband be a match for her in good looks," cried one admiring knight of the road; and then the toast was drunk.

From Stories by English Authors: England by Hardy, Thomas