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rope dancer

noun

  1. another name for a tightrope walker


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Marmoset crossed over walking, like a tight-rope dancer, being quite au fait at such work.

And Khalid was called “the dervish of science” by one; “the rope-dancer of nature” by another.

I gave no answer, but I leaped on to the wall like a rope-dancer.

We have three equestriennes and a tight-rope dancer staying with us, and he makes love to them all.

The Nat or rope-dancer and acrobat may formerly have had functions in the village in connection with the crops.

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