| 单词 | knife-thrower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknife-thrower knife-thrower n. one who throws knives (spec. as a form of entertainment); also U.S. slang (see quot. 1905). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > juggler or conjurer > types of knife-warper?c1225 saccularian1652 fire-eater1676 fire king1796 juggler1807 stone-eater1820 sword-swallower1826 fire-swallower1857 salamander1859 jadoo-wallah1890 knife-thrower1905 gully-gully man1930 1905 Smart Set Oct. 3/1 ‘They got a new knife-thrower up to the hotel,’ he announced... (A ‘knife-thrower’, be it known, is parlance for waitress.) 1953 P. G. Wodehouse Performing Flea 190 He would shoot all round you till you felt like a knife-thrower's assistant, but you were really quite safe. 1973 Listener 19 July 80/1 Electrons are fired at an object, and they trace its outline like a knife-thrower at a fair. < as lemmas |
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