knight of the post

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A known perjurer; a professional false witness. idiomatic,obsolete
    — A knight of the post […] quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything for twelve pence.

词形变化

knights of the post plural

词源

Suggesting that such a person would be familiar with the whipping-post or pillory.
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