trapezist

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At Kelly Miller, the trapezist doesn’t use a net.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2015

After starting as a solo trapezist for Barnum & Bailey in 1909, he switched to the flying trapeze in 1913, recruited by his father for an act with his brother, Lalo.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2013

With a $500 grubstake and more nerve than a circus trapezist, he got into the oil business in the '90s.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You're a good one!" muttered the trapezist in wonder.

From Andy the Acrobat by Harkness, Peter T.

One of the prisoners had been a Japanese trapezist and juggler.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles