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Blondin, blondin|ˈblɒndɪn|
[F. blondin cable-way, f. the name of ‘Blondin’ (J. F. Gravelet, 1824–97), a French tight-rope walker.]
A tight-rope, a cable-way. Also fig., a tight-rope walker. Also attrib.
1863Dickens Uncomm. Trav. in All Year Round 15 Aug. 588/2 An appalling accident happened at the People's Park near Birmingham..the enterprising Directors..hanging the Blondin rope as high as they possibly could hang it. 1906Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 5/2 Scores of cranes, blondin and other transporters..are continually at work. 1934Discovery Oct. 299/2 A hair-raising trip in the ‘Blondin’ carrier down to the quarry face. 1934Essays & Stud. XIX. 123 The tight-rope of serio-comic wit from which so many literary Blondins have been ignominiously precipitated. 1937Nature 21 Aug. 312/2 The crossings of the Tigris and the Euphrates had to be made by ‘Blondins’ (overhead cable ways). 1958Times 3 Dec. 20/2 Hoppers of concrete being carried by blondin cables to each section [of a dam] in turn. |