stilt
Example Sentences
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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
"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
At just over 5 feet tall, the tiny titan is chiefly responsible for the explosion of stilt walking in Rio, having trained more than 1,000 kids and adults over the past decade.
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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