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Synonyms for contortionist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh n-tawr-shuh-nist
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɔr ʃə nɪst



Définition of contortionist

Origin :
  • 1841, from contortion + -ist.
  • noun acrobat
Example sentences :
  • For there, standing in the center of the room was the Contortionist, "limbering up."
  • Extract from : « Continuous Vaudeville » by Will M. Cressy
  • It is not necessary to be a contortionist, nor will it answer to be an ossified freak.
  • Extract from : « Riding and Driving » by Edward L. Anderson
  • In addition to my training as contortionist I was being trained as gymnast.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Clown » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
  • This stranger was a contortionist, there could be no question about that now.
  • Extract from : « White Fire » by Roy J. Snell
  • He hoped that, by this time, they had succeeded in shaking the contortionist off their trail.
  • Extract from : « White Fire » by Roy J. Snell
  • Some Japanese acrobats and a Swedish contortionist completed the performance.
  • Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun
  • Eden stared at her friend with the astonishment of a gomeril at a contortionist.
  • Extract from : « Eden » by Edgar Saltus
  • A forger and a contortionist make a bad customer to reckon with.
  • Extract from : « The Red Seal » by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
  • You stood on the seat at the back of the Promenade to see a contortionist girl better, and then you jumped down.
  • Extract from : « The Pretty Lady » by Arnold E. Bennett
  • Swinging lightly down from the limb to the ground, she twisted around like a contortionist in a vain attempt to see her back.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation » by Annie Fellows Johnston

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