What is "swallowers"

Usage examples of "swallowers".

One of the swallowers got an infection from the burns in his mouth and Papa spent weeks in his little trailer workshop improving a burn salve.

The twins, the geeks, the swallowers, and every act in the variety tent bubbled daily with cheerful audiences, but they were really just waiting for Arty.

The sword swallowers and the fire eaters were Lil's bogeymen at the time.

Two of the kid swallowers were juggling fire steadily behind him and the Pin timed every move to build the heartbeat.

We poked our heads in through the rear flap and watched the scuttling shadows on the backdrop as the swallowers went through their act.

The swallowers girl tossed her hair back and waved as she made off to the other side of the stage for her second entrance.

Or in a real war, you might be assigned to the rear-guard Swallowers whose knives give merciful release to those comrades and foes left lying wounded when the battle has swept on past them.

The men thus stunned were not dispatched by the Swallowers but were quickly bound by the Swaddlers.

The Swallowers went about the whole area of battle and beyond, seeking out and knifing to death those of the wounded who were beyond relief.

They laid aside their incense pots and banners and holy wands, they ceased their chanting, while they worked as quickly and indifferently as Swallowers on a battleground—meaning that they could not work very neatly.

Our warriors turned back along the causeway—where the boatmen were already bringing back and setting in place the missing spans—and on the way home, they did the work of Swallowers and Swaddlers.

President, who is now addressing the National Sword Swallowers Association.

In addition to all the USA's current responsibilities two money swallowers such as the war in Viet Nam and the space programme are a heavy burden even for the richest nation in the world.

Then came some strolling pipers and clever dogs and sword swallowers, with buttered pease, chopped nuts, and slivers of swan poached in a sauce of saffron and peaches.