hoofer

Example Sentences

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In a brassy set piece from the 1952 classic “Singin’ in the Rain,” its star, Gene Kelly, impersonates a newbie hoofer seeking fame on the Great White Way.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

In West, every character is out of place — an Ivy Leaguer beguiled by Hollywood, a vaudeville hoofer reduced to door-to-door selling, a Midwesterner lured to California for his health, a suspiciously mature child actor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Still, Spot is a gifted hoofer and roboinfluencer.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2021

On opening night he took a brief turn around the stage with Gloria Steinem, who I’m guessing was quite the hoofer in her younger years.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2017

I used to be a tumbler—huk!—only now I gotta be a hoofer.

From The Hoofer by Miller, Walter M.