stilt
Example Sentences
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“I went to them and said, ‘Hey, can we have one of those stilt walkers?’” says Slash, referring to the larger-than-life lurkers who haunt guests during the festivities.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
"Conducting research on Must Farm is a bit like getting an estate agent's tour of a Bronze Age stilt house," said David Gibson, report co-author and Archaeological Manager at CAU.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
That boom has altered the landscape of the world’s biggest Carnival, where hundreds of stilt walkers tower over the many raucous parties that occupy and dominate public areas.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024
I mean, literally physically starving a lot of the time, and he learned to be a carnival barker, a stilt walker.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2023
Mrs. Cripe didn’t ring up a stilt after the farm women left, so they may have come in just for the toothpicks.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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