rope-walker

I leaped to my feet in consternation, for fear some rope-walker would fall down, and the rest of the company raised their faces, wondering as much as I what new prodigy was to be announced from on high.

Satyricon 2007

Aagot skipped round with cups and glasses; she walked in a constant fear of dropping anything and stuck the tip of her tongue out like a rope-walker.

Shallow Soil 2003

By a gnarled oak lay the body of Atticus, the rope-walker.

Ghost King Gemmell, David 1988

'What for you want us?' said Toni, the rope-walker, in broken English.

The Circus of Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

Toni was a marvellous rope-walker, and raised a perfect storm of cheers and shouts when he performed on a wire rope high up in the big circus tent.

The Circus of Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

This daring rope-walker crossed the waters by Niagara

The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams

I leaped to my feet in consternation, for fear some rope-walker would fall down, and the rest of the company raised their faces, wondering as much as I what new prodigy was to be announced from on high.

The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

I leaped to my feet in consternation, for fear some rope-walker would fall down, and the rest of the company raised their faces, wondering as much as I what new prodigy was to be announced from on high.

The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

His feats as a rope-walker have probably never been surpassed.

The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

Allowed to choose for himself, he embarked in the amusement business, his active and versatile temperament leading him to become in turn a rope-walker, gymnast, actor, ventriloquist and, singularly enough, electro-physician.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various