Rocinante
Knight's bony mount
Rocinante is the name of Don Quixote's horse in Cervantes's novel—a worn-out nag that the deluded knight imagines as a noble steed.
The name has become shorthand for any broken-down horse or vehicle cherished beyond its worth: He drove his Rocinante until the engine finally gave out.
Sometimes used affectionately for faithful but decrepit transportation.
Foolishly impractical romantic
- steedSpirited riding horse
- nagPester repeatedly
- knight-errantMedieval adventure-seeking warrior
- windmillsRotating vaned power structures
Cervantes · La Mancha · faithful · noble · skinny · loyal · adventure · chivalry
Domesticated riding animal
- workhorseReliable, tireless producer
- hackShortcut or breach
- plugSomething that blocks openings
- jadeCarved ornamental mineral
broken-down · bony · old · tired · loyal · hardworking · humble · patient
- camperOne sleeping outside recreationally
- roadtripLeisure travel by car
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
journey · America · exploration · wanderlust · adventure · writing · memoir · pilgrimage
Quixote
Foolishly impractical romantic
- steedSpirited riding horse
- nagPester repeatedly
- knight-errantMedieval adventure-seeking warrior
Cervantes · windmills · La Mancha · faithful · noble · skinny · loyal · adventure · chivalry · idealism
horse
Domesticated riding animal
jade · broken-down · bony · old · tired · loyal · hardworking · humble · patient · enduring
Steinbeck
truck · journey · America · exploration · wanderlust · adventure · writing · memoir · pilgrimage · homage
Holden
Male given name
Alex · gunship · crew · torpedo · railgun · freighter · Belter · Tycho · docking · smuggling
- Fictional Vehiclesstarship, mothership, Battlestar Galactica, Millennium Falcon, Borg cube
- CervantesDon Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Sancho Panza, Cervantes, La Mancha
- Don QuixoteDon Quixote, Sancho Panza, La Mancha, tilting at windmills, windmills
- Don Quixote CharactersDon Quixote, Sancho Panza
- Golden Age SpainSiglo de Oro, Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Philip II
- SteinbeckEast of Eden, Cannery Row, The Pearl, Tortilla Flat, Nobel Prize