What is "carnie"

Usage examples of "carnie".

Even with the Beaver attached, with the extra power assists built into the Carnie Jackman could give any elecar on the road a hundred yards and catch it in a quarter mile.

I am what you call your genuine all-round carnie, born and bred, taught and trained, guaranteed not to rust, bust, corrode, or explode.

And the sign of your top-flight carnie was the way I scored those toppings.

Sometimes with elaborate brakes that let the practiced carnie stop on an empty number, sometimes with a slide that lets him skip a number with a lot of money on it.

She spoke slowly and without the clipped accent Jewell and Carnie had.

If Jewell found out, she would send Carnie back to Solfatara, and I wanted Taber to be working on Carnie, giving her sots and trying to get her to help him, because then I could believe he had given up on me.

I did not dare believe that he had given up on Pearl, but I did not think that he and Carnie alone could hurt her, no matter what they did to her.

He looked unconcerned, almost amused, with Carnie leaning limply against him, but his left hand was clenched, the thumb moving up and down as if he were clicking the sparker.

Garnet and Carnie were trying to help Scorch out of the chair and up the stairs, though Carnie could hardly stand.

I said, looking at Carnie, limp again in the chair and snoring softly.

If I told her I was Jewell or Carnie, or Taber, come to murder her, she would not know the difference.

And I knew Carnie was on sots before she ever came into the room, by the way you walked.

In his mirror he saw the other driver quicken pace behind the Carnie, stung at being passed.

He pushed the Carnie up to what would normally be top speed for the model, then slacked it down, as if in some confusion, letting the boy slide past.

He pressed the firing button and a bright line of fire sped from the Carnie into the Batwing, a rope of death.