British Dictionary definitions for blondin

Blondin

noun

Charles, real name Jean-François Gravelet . 1824–97, French acrobat and tightrope walker; best known for walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls (1859)

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Examples from the Web for blondin

Contemporary Examples

Blondin is a bankruptcy lawyer, like Warren, and has known her for decades.
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David Freedlander
October 9, 2014

Historical Examples

Do you expect the poor fellow to walk ashore on that rope, like Blondin?
Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880
Various
Blondin was a French-Canadian half-caste, and not a good linguist.
The Big Otter
R.M. Ballantyne
Blondin took hold of the tail-line, and the others brought up the rear.
The Big Otter
R.M. Ballantyne
I asked Blondin if he had any of our stockings or underclothing in his sacks.
Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear
Theresa Gowanlock
Would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, 'Blondin!
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865
Ward Hill Lamon

Blondin

Examples from the Web for blondin

Contemporary Examples

Blondin is a bankruptcy lawyer, like Warren, and has known her for decades.

Historical Examples

Do you expect the poor fellow to walk ashore on that rope, like Blondin?

Blondin was a French-Canadian half-caste, and not a good linguist.

Blondin took hold of the tail-line, and the others brought up the rear.

I asked Blondin if he had any of our stockings or underclothing in his sacks.

Would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, 'Blondin!