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Definition of Tightropes
1. tightrope [n] - See also: tightrope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightropes
Literary usage of Tightropes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"It is recorded that when as praetor he gave exhibitions to the people, he showed
elephants walking on tightropes, a sight up to that time unknown in Rome. ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... I say, tightropes writes off, under the most miserable private circumstances,
a brilliant funny article, in how much is he morally superior to my friend ..."
3. On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel (1897)
"No racing now under hailstorms, and over tightropes. Calmly, quietly, the fuse
was lit, the gate shivered to atoms, and the long red tunnel with the gleam ..."
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