knight of the road
Example Sentences
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Ten minutes later Red Haney, knight of the road, was placed under arrest as a suspicious character.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
At Lagny, with her own men and the Scots, the Maid fought and took one Franquet d’Arras, a Burgundian “routier,” or knight of the road, who plundered that country without mercy.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
In their place was the unmistakable omnium gatherum of an accomplished knight of the road.
From The Twins of Table Mountain by Harte, Bret
How do you fancy me as a knight of the road?
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
Her better judgment told her that she could be nothing to this debonair knight of the road, yet her heart stubbornly resisted all the arguments that her reason put forth.
From Beverly of Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr
