sword-swallower
Britishnoun
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He already had dozens, piled in cardboard boxes: a sword-swallower, clutching her sword; a teenager, the outline of a cell phone just visible in her back pocket; two sea nymphs from this year’s Mermaid Parade.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2013
Behind that bush stands the bearded lady and over in the cutlery department the sword-swallower is just about to show his guts.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the drama of a sword-swallower, he threw back his head and sank his finger into his mouth.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
The person described was a man of twenty-seven who pursued the vocation of a "sword-swallower."
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
We walked up and down before the stretches of painted canvas, balancing in our desire a sword-swallower against an Indian Princess.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
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