rope dancer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Now there was Ensler's rope dancer, one of the most perfect automatons I have ever seen.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
Castlemain's life of shame at court had long ceased to be even a matter of gossip, but at this time she was notoriously involved with one Jacob Hall, a common rope dancer.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
Between them one could walk only with a balancing pole like a tight- rope dancer, as there is a sheer fall on each side.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
State of Knocker.—Jumping up and down the surface of the door like a rope dancer, occasionally diverging into a zig-zag, the key-hole partaking of the same eccentricities.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 by Various
These tenants were a man known as Iron Jaws, a rope dancer called Fanfar, a girl named Caillette, and a clown with an odd name.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Lermina, Jules
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