tight-rope-walk

present singular third person tight-rope-walks · participle present tight-rope-walking · participle past tight-rope-walked · past tight-rope-walked

1. Dated spelling of tightrope-walk.

   The quarterback cut for the sidelines, and with practically no blocking, tight-rope-walked his way to a score.

   1939 November 24, Bob Frame, “Bendig Paces Fairmont Win over Oakwood”, in The Dayton Herald, volume LX, number 276, Dayton, Oh., →OCLC, page 25, column 8

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   Gendarmes rolled small but substantial bridges into place midway in the blocks adjacent to the plaza. To these pedestrians fled from the shelter of shops, tight-rope-walked across, and then fled along the slippery sidewalks to seek another refuge from the deluge.

   1924 April 6, Wade Griswold, “A Night in San Salvador”, in Illustrated Daily News, volume 1, number 200, Los Angeles, Calif.: Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., →OCLC, Magazine section, page 15, column 2

   Charley Meyer’s long pass was allowed for interference, and Army took the ball on Pitt’s 33. [Full Back] True snared Meyer’s pass, tight-rope-walked down the sideline for 13 yards, and took it over.

   1935 November 10, “Pittsburgh Shells Army; Navy Wins […]”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XCV, number 214, Cincinnati, Oh., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 1

   I was wondering if it was really worth it when we tight-rope-walked a bouncing pile a block to a dredge over water 35 feet deep.

   1963 July 22, Tom Allan, “Gravel Gertie May Be Fishy, but the Tale Isn’t”, in Evening World-Herald, 78th year, number 283, Omaha, Neb., →OCLC, page 10, column 1