knight of the road
Britishnoun
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a tramp
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a commercial traveller
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a lorry driver
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obsolete a highwayman
Example Sentences
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Why, what is he?—a trickster, a knight of the road.
From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)
Up hill and down dale he trudged, a knight of the road, finding shelter and refreshment at wayside inns, or perchance at some friendly farm.
From The Tin Soldier by Bailey, Temple
How do you fancy me as a knight of the road?
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
Suddenly though his jaw dropped and, replacing his battered headpiece, with double-handed indecent haste the knight of the road executed an incredibly nimble "right-about turn" and vanished behind the station-house.
From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Kendall, Ralph S.
"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
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