Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Crampart

(King). The king who made a wooden horse which would travel 100 miles an hour. (Alkmaar: Reynard the Fox, 1498.)

Swifter than Crampart's horse.
Quick as lightning; quick as thought. (See above.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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