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knights of the green cloth

knights of the green cloth is the plural of knight of the green cloth.

Meaning of knight of the green cloth

Noun

knight of the green cloth (plural knights of the green cloth)

  1. (colloquial, dated, humorous) A gambler.

Questions about knights of the green cloth

What is knights of the green cloth the plural of?
Knights of the green cloth is the plural of knight of the green cloth.

Words near knights of the green cloth in the dictionary

  1. Knights of Malta
  2. Knights of Pythias
  3. Knights of Rhodes
  4. Knights of the Golden Circle
  5. knights of the green baize
  6. knights of the green cloth
  7. knights of the hammer
  8. knights of the needle
  9. knights of the pen
  10. knights of the pestle
  11. knights of the post

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