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trapeze 1. a free-swinging bar attached to two ropes, used by circus acrobats, etc. 2. a sling like a bosun's chair at one end of a line attached to the masthead of a light racing sailing boat, used in sitting out How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She did trapeze work and used to dive from under the roof into a net, turning over once on the way as nice as you please. This agony of embarrassment was due to the fact that the sister-in-law was sitting opposite to him, in a dress, specially put on, as he fancied, for his benefit, cut particularly open, in the shape of a trapeze, on her white bosom. Two are in South Africa now, an' another's on a whaling voyage, an' one's travellin' with a circus - he does trapeze work. |
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