Read full poem →Silence! the knave's repute, the whore's good name,
The only honour of the wishing dame;
Dictionary Entry
A boy; especially, a boy servant.
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Common Phrases
. knaveknave arrantknave oldknave kitchen
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Poetry examples for “knave”
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Read full poem →The rest, his many-colour'd robe conceal'd.
The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage,
Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Read full poem →'Tis excellent to turn a thorn to a pin,
A fool to a bolt, a knave to a glass of gin."
Read full poem →The false knave Flaccus once a bribe I gave;
The more fool I to bribe so false a knave:
Read full poem →Not Heaven itself can keep its feet.
Come knave who said to dastard, 'Lo,
The Deluge!' which but needed 'No!'
Read full poem →And a diamond stud,
I was an excellent knave of hearts and took many a trick.
But when the gray hairs began to appear—
Read full poem →As other knaves wait room to stink and shine;
And, as the meanest knave a dog can brag,
Such is the lurcher that assists Bumtagg.
Read full poem →So thy old shadow must a tyrant be.
Tnou'st heard the knave, abusing those in power,
Bawl freedom loud and then oppress the free;
Read full poem →For I for pay against my conscience fight.
I must confess, so infamous a knave
Can do no service, though the humblest slave:
Read full poem →wife, to St Paul's for a man, and to Smithfield for a horse, may
meet with a whore, a knave, and a jade. Falstaff, on being informed
that Bardolph is gone to Smithfield to buy him a horse, observes,