carnie
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkɑrni/
- Slang
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feriante
- When I was a kid, I loved talking to the carnies who operated the rides and games at the fair.
My parents were carnies, My brother and his kids are carnies.
- My parents were carnies, My brother and his kids are carnies.
Examples
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In the old Bond movies, everyone was a chess virtuoso, a former carnie, or an improbably skilled backgammon player.
Blog text (16) -
He's a carnie now.
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"Once a carnie, always a carnie."
Fiction book (1999) -
We play lucky ducks, but we play carnie rules.
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Wait, did you say, "Which carnie killed Cotton Candy Dan?"
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Am I being paranoid, or is that big scary carnie following us?
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He probably knows all the carnie gossip.
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My parents were carnies, My brother and his kids are carnies.
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You come in to Carniapolis and accuse a carnie of killing another carnie?
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- My great-grandfather, Selbit Hellinger, sailed ships before he became a carnie.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Carnie comes from the word carnival, which means a travelling 'fair' with rides and games. It is a short, informal name for a carnival 'worker', so a carnie is someone who works at the fair running rides or games.