1736 Canting Dictionary / K / KNIGHT of the Post [rogue]
a mercenary common Swearer, a Prostitute to every Cause, an Irish Evidence.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Knight of the Post in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).