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Tightrope   /tˈaɪtrˌoʊp/   Listen
Tightrope

noun
1.
Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground.



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"Tightrope" Quotes from Famous Books



... market day in the frontier town; my room is noisy, for there is music down in the fields, the roundabout is whirling, the tightrope walker is gossiping outside his tent, and people of every sort throng the village. The crowds are great, and there is even a sprinkling of Norwegians from across the border. Horses snort and whinny, cows low, and ...
— Look Back on Happiness • Knut Hamsun
... felt as though he had been walking a tightrope for hours. Laird and Lady Duncan had been talking in low, controlled voices that betrayed an inner nervousness, but Father Bright realized that he and the Countess had been doing the same thing. The Duncan of Duncan had offered his condolences on the death of the late Count with the proper ...
— The Eyes Have It • Gordon Randall Garrett


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