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Pat Knight Biography
Pat KnightAge: 70 fullback and defensive back with the N.Y. Giants from 1952-55; former NFL official; three-year letter winner at SMU. Died of a heart attack.Died: San Antonio, October 20,…Knight, John S.
publisherBirthplace: Bluefield, W. Va.Born: 1894Died: 1981The Devil's Dictionary: Knight
by Ambrose Bierce KLEPTOMANIACKORANKNIGHT -n. Once a warrior gentle of birth, Then a person of civic worth, Now a fellow to move our mirth. Warrior, person, and fellow — no more…Brewer's: Carpet Knight
One dubbed at Court by favour, not having won his spurs by military service in the field. Mayors, lawyers, and other civilians knighted as they kneel on a carpet before their sovereign. “…Brewer's: Trencher Knight
A table knight, a suitor from cupboard love. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TrenchmoreTrencher Friends A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Ale Knight
(An) A knight of the ale-tub, a tippler, a sot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ale-silverAle-draper A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Belted Knight
The right of wearing belt and spurs. Even to the present day knights of the shire are “girt with a belt and sword,” when the declaration of their election is officially made. Source:…Brewer's: Knight of the Cloak
(The). Sir Walter Raleigh. So called from his throwing his cloak into a puddle for Queen Elizabeth to step on as she was about to enter her barge. (See Kenilworth, chap. xv.) “Your…Brewer's: Knight of the Post
A man in the pillory, or that has been tied to a whipping-post, is jestingly so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knight of the Rueful…Brewer's: Knights Bachelors
Persons who are simply knights, but belong to no order. (French, bas-chevaliers.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights BanneretsKnights A B C D E F…Trending
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