knight of the road

Example Sentences

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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

Dandy was a would-be knight of the road.

From The Border Legion by Grey, Zane

"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

In their place was the unmistakable omnium gatherum of an accomplished knight of the road.

From The Twins of Table Mountain by Harte, Bret

I have, for the time being, assumed the habiliments of a knight of the road, for certain purposes of my own.

From The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health by Hope, Laura Lee