Tight-rope-walking

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Dated spelling of tightrope walking. uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tight-rope-walk form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"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."

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