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fire-swallower

n. a performer who pretends to swallow fire [syn: fire-eater]

Usage examples of "fire-swallower".

There seemed to be native shows going on: Enderby glimpsed a fire-swallower and a man who let snakes crawl all over his person.

Just as, I suppose, a carnival fire-swallower might find it useful to keep some fire extinguishers handy.