Examples of 'knave' in a sentence

Meaning of "knave"

Knave: A 'knave' in English is an old-fashioned term for a dishonest or untrustworthy man, often used in literary contexts or historical settings
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  • A boy; especially, a boy servant.
  • Any male servant; a menial.
  • A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
  • A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

How to use "knave" in a sentence

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That knave will not accept me as a lodger.
I wonder why the treacherous knave picked on me.
Every knave shall have his slave.
I would been dealt three queens and a knave.
I will beat the knave into a twiggen bottle.
That was worth more than the knave.
I shall not recognize a knave under any circumstance.
But everything he says betrays the knave.
The knave will stick by thee.
Then your master is a knave and a dog.
The knave of coins features a dog tied to a pole.
I shall not recognise a knave under any circumstance.
The thought of you turned me into a helpless knave.
I will beat the knave into a wicker bottle.
I heard you are a liar and a knave.

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You make a knave of your king.
A few coins were enough to rid me of this squalid knave.
Fool and knave leave the old reading.
There is the black knave himself.
Poor knave and fool.
I would be a beggar or a knave for you.
The guy is a knave posing as a prince.
And you can be a knight or a knave.
To the left of the knave we found a small chapel.
Your knight turned out to be a knave.
My cousin tells me the knave deprived you of some horses.
We propose to have done with the knave.
The knave counterfeits well.
Only we have a pier instead of the knave of a cathedral.
The knave slipped past us.
To find the star before some knave robs me of it.
Knave restores her to life and they are happily reunited.
There was no one in the dimly lit knave.
Perchance the knave be innocent.
The knave has done well for his master.
How absolute the knave is.
A knave teach me my duty.
Never beaten with a sword nor by a knight nor by a knave.
Fine words from a knave whose pockets are as empty as his wits.
You can not put an ace of spades on a knave of clubs.
Some knave with a crossbow shot the control from my hand.
Quite the pertinacious knave.
The knave is often depicted as a foot soldier or squire to the knight.
Runs beneath the knave.
Knave of spades.
What a very handsome knave.
A pestilent complete knave and the woman hath found him already.
You are a counterfeit cowardly knave.
He is truly a knave today.
Pardon me for wanting to be something other than a churlish knave.

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