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- noun Plural form of
escapologist .
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Examples
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Spain's opponents behave like escapologists stuck in a flawless, airless glass box: first they seek a simple way out, for they are trained to believe that there is always a simple way out; then they try to break the walls open by throwing themselves into them or kicking them really, really hard.
Flawless Spain are a footballing pain: I blame the English parents 2010
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This was the theatre-in-the-round of western prosperity: a great, gobbling, yelling, laughing stage crowded with fat ladies and dwarfs, marionettes on strings, fire-eaters, strong men and lots of escapologists.
Funeral In Berlin Deighton, Len, 1929- 1964
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It was somewhere the Phantom, still pining for his one true love, Christine Daaé, could fit right in - a decadent playground of freak-shows, escapologists, illusionists, and great showmen.
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Giant seagulls, escapologists, tight-rope walkers and dubious salsa dancers were just some of the hilarious and often outrageous acts entertaining crowds by the harbour.
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Harry Houdini might have been born here but the city did not become a stage for Anfield's escapologists on this occasion.
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