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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The name of "Jim Joggers" has given way to the real name of that former knight of the road.
From The High School Boys' Training Hike by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
The newspaper spirit had its embodiment in Micky O'Byrn, the tattered knight of the road whose first story electrified the city editor of the Courier.
From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.
Ah, to be knight of the road and everlasting squire to the Goddess of Love!
From Truxton King A Story of Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr
Dandy was a would-be knight of the road.
From The Border Legion by Grey, Zane
Ten minutes later Red Haney, knight of the road, was placed under arrest as a suspicious character.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
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