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- noun dated
tightrope walking
Etymologies
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rope + dancing
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Examples
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These doubts are removed by a stout old Roundhead colonel who had fought at Marston Moor, and who reminds his weaker brother that the saints need not themselves see the ropedancing, and that, in all probability, there will be no ropedancing to see.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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