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KNIGHTS O' THE POST

Specialty Definition: KNIGHTS O' THE POST

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Knights o' the Post Persons who haunted the purlieus of the courts, ready to be hired for a bribe to swear anything; so called from their being always found waiting at the posts which the sheriffs set up outside their doors for posting proclamations on.
"There are knights of the post and booby cheats enough to swear the truth of the broadest contradictions."- South.
" `A knight of the post,' quoth he, `for so I am termed; a fellow that will sweare you anything for twelve pence.' "- Nash: Pierce Penilesse (1592.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: KNIGHTS O' THE POST

Specialty definitions using "KNIGHTS O' THE POST": Knights of the Road. (references)

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Anagrams: KNIGHTS O' THE POST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-e-g-h-h-i-k-n-o-o-p-s-s-t-t-t"

-4 letters: photosetting.

-5 letters: potshotting, theosophist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: KNIGHTS O' THE POST


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 4E 49 47 48 54 53      4F 27      54 48 45      50 4F 53 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01001110 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 01010011 00100000 01001111 00100111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010000 01001111 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#78 &#73 &#71 &#72 &#84 &#83 &#32 &#79 &#39 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#80 &#79 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 004E 0049 0047 0048 0054 0053      004F 0027      0054 0048 0045      0050 004F 0053 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4548434142545324992544239250495354

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