sword swallower

See also: sword-swallower

English

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Noun

sword swallower (plural sword swallowers)

1. A performer who performs sword swallowing
2. (vulgar, slang) A person who performs oral sex on a man.
   • 1965, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited:

     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 feels

Translations

person who swallows swords

• Afrikaans: swaardslukker
• Catalan: traga-sabres m or f, draga-sabres m or f
• Danish: sabelsluger c
• Dutch: zwaardslikker m
• Finnish: miekannielijä (fi)
• French: avaleur de sabre (fr) m, avaleuse de sabre (fr) f
• German: Schwertschlucker (de) m, Schwertschluckerin (de) f
• Hungarian: kardnyelő (hu)
• Italian: mangiatore di spade m, mangiatrice di spade f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sverdsluker m

  Nynorsk: sverdslukar m

• Portuguese: engolidor de espadas m, engolidora de espadas f
• Swedish: svärdslukare c