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Definition of Ringmasters
1. ringmaster [n] - See also: ringmaster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringmasters
Literary usage of Ringmasters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories by Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), Herschel Brickell (1921)
"She was standing in front of a booth talking to a group of clowns, comic policemen
and ringmasters. She was dressed in the costume of an Egyptian snake ..."
2. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"I admit that the power of those ringmasters is not as absolute now as it was a
short time ago, but it was only the defeat of the party at the State ..."
3. The German Element in the United States by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"... New York were in the clutches of four men, under the leadership of William M.
Tweed, one of the most corrupt and tyrannical of ringmasters ever known. ..."
4. Literature and life: Studies by William Dean Howells (1902)
"... and the other figures of the management I thought very fortunate compromises
between grooms and ringmasters. At any rate, their nondescript costumes ..."
5. Melomaniacs by James Huneker (1902)
"I still can smell the sawdust, the orange peel, see the myriad of faces and hear
the crack of the ringmasters' whips, the cries of the clowns and the crash ..."
6. Melomaniacs by James Huneker (1902)
"... the orange peel, see the myriad of faces and hear the crack of the ringmasters'
whips, the cries of the clowns and the crash of the music. ..."
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