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Definition of Ropewalkers
1. ropewalker [n] - See also: ropewalker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropewalkers
Literary usage of Ropewalkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reading-literature: Fourth Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free, Thomas Henry Briggs, Henry William Shryock (1918)
"Merry crowds gasped at the tricks of the sword-players, the jugglers, swingers,
ropewalkers, and the dancing girls in their spangled skirts. ..."
2. Reading-literature : Sixth Reader: Adapted and Graded by Harriette Taylor by Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free (1915)
"Merry crowds gasped at the tricks of the sword-players, the jugglers, swingers,
ropewalkers, and the dancing girls in their spangled skirts. ..."
3. Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture by Indiana State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"... jugglers, dancers, chanters, ropewalkers, clowns, all were there, responsive
to the demands for amusement. The sales during the week often amounted to ..."
4. Legislation Bulletin by New York State Library (1903)
"In Pennsylvania, a former law prohibits minors under 15 from employment as
gymnasts, contortionists, ropewalkers, etc. A new statute of 1001 provides, ..."
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