Tight-rope-walking
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of tight-rope-walk form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More 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."
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