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aerialist

[air-ee-uh-list, ey-eer-ee-uh-]

aer·i·al·ist

[air-ee-uh-list, ey-eer-ee-uh-]
noun
1.
a trapeze artist.
2.
Slang. a burglar who gains entrance to a building or apartment by leaping from rooftop to rooftop, sliding down ropes, or the like.

Origin:
1900–05; aerial + -ist
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an easy or profitable source of livelihood of dubious legality
inferior or cheap, chintzy
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aerialist (ˈɛərɪəlɪst)
 
n
chiefly (US) a trapeze artist or tightrope walker

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