knight of the post

Definitions

A known perjurer; a professional false witness.

idiomatic, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“A knight of the post⟳ […] quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear⟳ you anything for twelve pence.”

“[…] But with more lucky hit than those That use⟳ to make⟳ the stars depose, Like⟳ knights o' th' post⟳, and falsely charge Upon themselves what others forge; As if they were consenting to All mischief in the world men do […]”

“[T]he fugitive had been cajoled by a certain knight of the post⟳, who undertook to manage⟳ the thousand pounds in such a manner, as would, in a very little time, make⟳ him perfectly independent […].”

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