Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which swallows; specifically, a voracious fish, more fully called
black swallower . SeeChiasmodon (with cut).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who swallows; also, a glutton.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofswallow ; one who swallows. - noun vulgar, slang Someone who swallows
semen at the end of an act offellatio .
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Examples
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They started out with Prickle-Eye Bush from their first recording, six years ago, and were joined on stage by a sword swallower, before treating Cold Blows the Wind to an arrangement that mixed jazzy swing from the brass section with edgy playing from the three fiddlers.
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His first day at the circus Red takes him around to meet all of the other side show attractions: midget couple Tom and Thelma Tiny, world's tallest woman Goliatha, sword swallower Excalibur, tattooed lady Paula Picasso, the Man Without a Face, and a few others like the woman with no limbs and some really fat lady.
Movie: Side Show (1981) (TV) Zen Tiger 2010
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He had an hour-long tirade using everything from Play-doh, livestock, loose leaf paper, a sword swallower, and a Ronald Reagan mannequin smoking a marijuana cigarette in opposition to Gaga.
Bil Browning: Michael Steele Trying to Recruit Lady Gaga? 2010
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I haven't been to a Ren Faire in ages, used to love the PA one out near Lancaster, best sword swallower ever.
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How about a book about a Chicago sword swallower who dies when he's accidentally shoved while swallowing his sword during a Tae Kwon Do tournament and comes back to haunt an Author's Conference?
Meet Author Ophelia Julien! Scotti Cohn 2009
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Traditional freaks challenged audiences 'notions of sexuality: the bearded lady was an early drag queen, contortionists challenged the mind to consider sexual impossibilities and the sword swallower spoke for itself, gentleman.
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Fire eater, sword swallower, escape artist, the guy who hammers the screwdriver into his nose: Lola and Doug loved it all.
Lynn Harris: HuffPost Exclusive! Excerpt: Death By Chick Lit 2008
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He is a sword swallower, bottle chewer and animal regurgitator.
Oh, Oh, Oh, It's Magic! (Pushing Daisies 2.6) | The Disney Blog 2008
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Each floor had several components of live artistry — from a man in burlesque drag modeling for a few fidgety painters on art horses (floor 5) to a sword swallower swallowing swords next to a student spraying water on his lineup of dwarfish clay figures (floor 2).
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Each floor had several components of live artistry — from a man in burlesque drag modeling for a few fidgety painters on art horses (floor 5) to a sword swallower swallowing swords next to a student spraying water on his lineup of dwarfish clay figures (floor 2).
hernesheir commented on the word swallower
It's a fish.
January 2, 2012