fire-eater

Noun

figuratively US historical

A performer who pretends to swallow fire. / (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person. / (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

Japanese Meaning

火噴き芸人（火を飲む芸人：パフォーマンスとして火を噴く人物） / 喧嘩っ早い、または好戦的な人物（比喩的な意味） / （米国歴史的な用法）南北戦争前の南部派の過激支持者

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The fire-eater dazzled the crowd with a dramatic display of flame swallowing at the winter festival.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

火を飲み込む曲芸師は、冬祭りで劇的な芸で観客を魅了した。

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Sense（1）

A performer who pretends to swallow fire.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person.

"But he is a regular fire eater!"

"He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold.

"That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."

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Sense（3）

(US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

Frustrated in their attempts to change the law, fire-eaters turned their efforts to breaking it.

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fire-eaters

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