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
I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Depression-era carny turned scam artist Bradley Cooper tries to pull a fast one in Guillermo del Toro’s noir-ish 2021 thriller “Nightmare Alley.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
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
Some people never really adjusted to carny life—where everybody knows everything.
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
Pressed up against the edge of the Gulf of Mexico in southwest Florida, this city, long home to carnies and cowmen, is best understood as a study in contrast.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2020
Not obviously with actors because we're basically shiftless carnies you know.
From Fox News ● Oct. 22, 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
