Meaning of tight-rope-walking | Babel Free

Definitions

Dated spelling of tightrope walking.

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Examples

“The audience, who are his conjurated partizans, are in the secret; they come to witness his exhibition as they would witness the tight-rope-walking of Madame Sacchi, under the idea of its being something that is quite prodigious.”

“It is something to find even tight-rope-walking carried to perfection.”

“Prof. Leon [i.e., Jesse Albert St. John] gave here yesterday, an interesting and daring exhibition of his skill in tight-rope-walking.”

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