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sword-swallower

sword-swallower is the alternative form of sword swallower.

Meaning of sword swallower

Noun

sword swallower (plural sword swallowers)

  1. A performer who performs sword swallowing
  2. (slang, vulgar) A person who performs oral sex on a man.
    • Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels
      He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels
      And without further notice, he asks you how it feels1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited

Forms of sword-swallower

pluralsword-swallowers

Questions about sword-swallower

What is sword-swallower the alternative form of?
Sword-swallower is the alternative form of sword swallower.

Words near sword-swallower in the dictionary

  1. sword-billed hummingbirds
  2. sword-breaker
  3. sword-breakers
  4. sword-flag
  5. sword-flags
  6. sword-swallower
  7. sword-swallowers
  8. swordbearer
  9. swordbearers
  10. swordbearing
  11. swordbelt

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