carpet knight
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
No carpet knight was he, Florinda; he pulled his own oar.
From The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence by Ballou, Maturin Murray
But he was the last man in the world to become a carpet knight.
From The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by Phelps, William Lyon
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
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