carny

Example Sentences

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He eventually ended up in Florida, where he became a jack-of-all-trades carny and developed a sharp instinct for advance publicity and promotion.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Did the carny and animal trainer, whose favorite routine was a chicken hopping to music on a hidden hot plate, turn Elvis into his own dancing chicken?

From New York Times • May 21, 2022

"We have been watched, scrutinized and judged. But as they watched us swim around, we have perfected our stroke! We were like carny people."

From Fox News • Jan. 1, 2022

And his standing with the carny was all he had left.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.