carpet knight
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But cold––give me Fantoccini!” cried the carpet knight.
From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison
Jerome, the villain, seconded Madame's request so vigorously I could not decline, though he well knew I was no carpet knight capable of entertaining ladies fair on the tourney field of wit.
From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)
He looked at me as if I were some smirking carpet knight who prated of conventions when a man was dying.
From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott
He seems to me the very personification of a 'lady's man,'—a thorough-paced carpet knight.
From Molly Bawn by Hamilton, Margaret Wolfe
He was courteous, too, and obliging; and though Lionel and Johnny were in consequence inclined to regard him as a "carpet knight so trim," the ladies fully appreciated these good qualities.
From The Two Guardians or, Home in This World by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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