carpet knight
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Dawn, too, was so robust that there was a likelihood of her being attracted by her opposite, and inclined to favour a carpet knight before one of the open field.
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles
You might fit Marmion's lines to him well enough— "His square-turned joints and length of limb Show him no carpet knight so trim, But in close fight a warrior grim."
From With Rimington by Phillipps, L. March
He was no carpet knight, and men who carry their lives in their hands do not pick and choose their words.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
That carpet knight, Joshua, lost popularity for a while, while Maqueda, who was known always to have been in favour of conscription and perfect readiness to repel attack, gained what he had lost.
From Queen Sheba's Ring by Haggard, Henry Rider
But cold––give me Fantoccini!” cried the carpet knight.
From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison
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