单词 | kinker |
释义 | kinkern. An acrobat, a contortionist (see also quot. 1948). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > contortionist posture-master1691 posture-maker1711 posture man1711 posture girl?1757 contortionist1859 distortionist1864 kinker1926 1926 Amer. Speech 1 282/2 Kinker, a performer or acrobat. 1931 Amer. Mercury Nov. 353/1 Kinkers, circus performers. 1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 684 A contortionist is a frog, bender or Limber Jim, a freak or snake-charmer is a geek, and all performers are kinkers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1926 |
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