stilt
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This year's carnival featured musical performances, bedazzled horses, huge dragons and dancing stilt walkers.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
It’s shifted over the years — there were stilt walkers for a bit, and Sawdust’s historical site notes there was once a mascot in “Jelf,” part jester, part elf.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals in unprecedented detail the daily lives of England's prehistoric fenlanders.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
Falcão and multiple other stilt walkers interviewed by the AP described Potí as someone who opens doors and awakens people.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024
They dodged acrobats and a stilt walker and a harp player.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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