gentleman of the road
Americannoun
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a highwayman.
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a tramp or hobo.
Etymology
Origin of gentleman of the road
First recorded in 1720–30
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Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett Mr Martin is as smooth as any gentleman of the road.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
I know a man, a gentleman of the road.
From Romance by Joseph Conrad
Let me reward this civil gentleman of the road!
From Maruja by Bret Harte
That fine flower of eighteenth century lawlessness, the gentleman of the road, carried his audacities into the heart of the Town itself.
From Henry Fielding: a Memoir by G. M. Godden
"Hand over your spondulics, young feller," said the second gentleman of the road.
From Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck by Horatio Alger
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