Definition of Contortionists

1. Noun. (plural of contortionist) ¹

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Definition of Contortionists

1. contortionist [n] - See also: contortionist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contortionists

contone
contorno
contornos
contorsion
contorsional
contort
contorted
contortedly
contortedness
contorting
contortion
contortionate
contortionism
contortionist
contortionistic
contortionists
contortions
contortive
contorts
contortuplicate
contos
contour
contour feather
contour feathers
contour interval
contour language
contour line
contour lines
contour lines of Owen
contour map

Literary usage of Contortionists

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"We can make no greater mistake than to suppose that the reason we do not understand these rhetorical contortionists is because they are so subtle and ..."

2. Young Americans in Japan by Edward Greey (1881)
"ACROBATS AND Contortionists. Mrs. Jewett and her daughter rode on with the ladies of their host's family, and left the gentlemen to watch the athletes. ..."

3. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an Encyclopedic Collection of by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1900)
"The class of people commonly known as contortionists by the laxity of their ... Plate 6 represents two well-known contortionists in their favorite feats. ..."

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