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A slang term for a highly risky venture, project, or investment. See also: Risk lover.
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Mr Archer said: "The high wire acts in this show are the like of which have never been seen for 40 to 50 years in the UK.
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The family performance still features some amazing juggling, high wire acts and trapeze skills.
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Lions, jugglers, tumblers and high wire acts are all the line up to give hours of entertainment at she Birmingham Summer Circus, staged at the NEC in association with the Evening Mail.
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Last chance to see this fantastic array of acrobats, jugglers and high wire acts. Billed as the greatest entertainment ever assembled beyond the Great Wall of China.
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There's dancing dragons and knife throwing, spectacular high wire acts, slack wire acts, a strong man, unicycles ( even a clown.
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The high wire acts and acrobats are a real must-see.
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The famed Canadian circus troupe arrives on the big screen in a swirl of flashy colours and choreographedto-within-an-inch-of-their-lives high wire acts, all boosted by terrific 3D effects.
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