fire-eater
Example Sentences
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Her partner, fire-eater Antonio Candella, has also found lockdown hard.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2020
Despite his militant posture in recent years, Davis had not been a genuine fire-eater but a “national Democrat” who had hoped to defend southern rights within the Union through control of the Democratic Party.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Mr. Kahl’s first wife was the fire-eater in the sideshow; his second runs a gift shop in Coney Island.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2013
Minott was a teenage fire-eater and acrobat who would entertain guests when the band played.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2010
The fire-eater, amused, yelled at Salvador to catch his little brother before he ran south all the way to Mexico City.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
