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    showman


    1. The young man opened the door with his usual flourish, a showman to the end, and was greeted by a storm of flashing electric light, and once his eyes had adjusted, to a positive vision in pink


    2. Not the false heaven of that media showman you followed, but the real heaven our folks have been going to since time immemorial


    3. young man opened the door with his usual flourish, a showman to


    4. " cried the showman


    5. now nick off" shouted the showman


    6. Sky nodded and walked over to the showman


    7. The showman was peering over the box of china and shaking his head, muttering "I'll kill that Fred


    8. Dusting himself down, Gaspar could not resist making an extravagant bow, such as a showman might make upon a stage, though in truth his heart was racing and his legs were trembling


    9. his freak shows was circumvented by an underhanded showman


    10. It would indeed boost his already-lofty reputation in the legal community and the press as an aggrandized showman with a knack for savvy yet convincing, eloquent 281

    11. And on the international dance floor America should be neither a shut-in that avoids contact with others, or the reckless showman agitating for attention


    12. He was an accomplished showman and the audience responded with awe and gratitude to his entertaining illusions


    13. thinks he is a showman


    14. In his favor there was the fact that, expert showman though


    15. Tommy was too much of a showman to run


    16. It was Tommy the Showman, Tommy at his best, doing


    17. experienced showman then you could


    18. "He was an amazing showman and his contribution and legacy will be felt around the world forever


    19. When they came to it Master Pedro ensconced himself inside it, for it was he who had to work the puppets, and a boy, a servant of his, posted himself outside to act as showman and explain the mysteries of the exhibition, having a wand in his hand to point to the figures as they came out


    20. "Why have you come to raise a disturbance in my theater?" asked the showman of Pinocchio, in the gruff voice of a hobgoblin suffering from a severe cold in the head

    21. As soon as the play was over the showman went into the kitchen, where a fine sheep, preparing for his supper, was turning slowly on the spit in front of the fire


    22. The showman, Fire-Eater—for that was his name—looked like a wicked man, especially with his black beard that covered his chest and legs like an apron


    23. The showman has sneezed and that is a sign


    24. After he had sneezed, the showman, still acting the ruffian,


    25. The showman said to them in a hoarse voice:


    26. "Here there are no sirs," the showman answered severely


    27. Pinocchio was overjoyed and thanked the showman a thousand times


    28. "You see, the showman, Fire-Eater, gave me some gold pieces and said to me: 'Go, and take them to your father!' and instead I met on the road a Fox and a Cat, who said to me: 'Would you like those pieces of gold to become a thousand or two? Come with us and we will take you to the Field of Miracles,' and I said: 'Let us go


    29. Browne extended his open hand towards her and said to those who were near him in the manner of a showman introducing a prodigy to an audience:


    30. A showman who craved attention and had an almost messianic belief that he could change people’s lives with the procedure, he kept experimenting even while other physicians and medical specialists argued for more restraint and oversight

    31. Solomon was such a showman and powerful presence that hardly any of the dignitaries in the room even noticed the difference, but the band was mortified and pretty angry


    32. For a time, he frequented the fairs, where a showman exhibited him as the "living corpse


    33. Leff, the consummate showman, was unusually respectful, even demure before Judge Bowen


    34. I came across a brilliant description of the problem of confirmation bias when reading an interview with Derren Brown, the hypnotist and showman, in a Times supplement


    35. The trees are weary and, beneath their foliage, whitened (by the dust of time rather than that of the roads), rises the canvas house of "Showman of things Past


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    Synonyms for "showman"

    impresario promoter showman

    "showman" definitions

    a person skilled at making effective presentations


    a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments