carny
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The man is rhapsodically shameless—oafishly charismatic, memorably strange-looking—a cynic at heart, and a carny in spirit.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
How could a mere carny know about the music business, or qualify him to steward the king of rock ‘n’ roll?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
The story, which takes place in the late 1930s/early 1940s, is one of make-believe; it is set in the carny world where the wonders are, of course, not what they seem.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2021
But, then, Professor Lightning really didn't understand carny.
From Charley de Milo by Laurence M. Janifer
His principled defense of free speech shouldn’t preclude him from excluding the cranks and carnies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Not obviously with actors because we're basically shiftless carnies you know.
From Fox News ● Oct. 22, 2019
On “Carnivàle,” the moody period drama that ran from 2003 to 2005 on HBO, the big bad was the anti-pleasure minister, not the carnies he preached against.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
A sly lawyer and a pair of carnies shoot a society matron out of a cannon and try to save a circus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
The crowd, ostensibly, was learning about this through games administered by confused carnies.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2014
