The Reverend Foster, self-ordained—or directly ordained by God, depending on authority cited—had an instinct for the pulse of his times stronger than that of a skilled carnie sizing up a mark.
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Carny
//ˈkɑː(ɹ)ni//
Synonyms for "carny" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Noun(4 words)
Verb(4 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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8 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
1 entries- kolotočář noun (a person who works in a carnival)
Dutch
1 entries- kermisklant noun (a person who works in a carnival)
Finnish
1 entries- tivolilainen noun (a person who works in a carnival)
French
1 entries- forain noun (a person who works in a carnival)
German
2 entries- Schausteller noun (a person who works in a carnival)
- Schaustellerin noun (a person who works in a carnival)
Italian
2 entries- giostraia noun (a person who works in a carnival)
- giostraio noun (a person who works in a carnival)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
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The crossing at St. Martin’s Church was mine fust of all; and when the other lads come to it I didn’t take no heed of ’em—only for that I’d have been a bright boy by now, but they carnied me over like; for when I tried to turn ’em off they’d say, in a carnying way, ‘Oh, let us stay on,’ so I never took no heed of ’em.
Source: wiktionary
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