tight-rope-walk

tight-rope-walk (third-person singular simple present tight-rope-walks, present participle tight-rope-walking, simple past and past participle tight-rope-walked)

1. Dated spelling of tightrope-walk.
   • 1924 April 6, Wade Griswold, “A Night in San Salvador”, in Illustrated Daily News, volume 1, number 200, Los Angeles, Calif.: Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., →OCLC, Magazine section, page 15, column 2:

     Gendarmes rolled small but substantial bridges into place midway in the blocks adjacent to the plaza. To these pedestrians fled from the shelter of shops, tight-rope-walked across, and then fled along the slippery sidewalks to seek another refuge from the deluge.

   • 1935 November 10, “Pittsburgh Shells Army; Navy Wins […]”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XCV, number 214, Cincinnati, Oh., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 1:

     Charley Meyer’s long pass was allowed for interference, and Army took the ball on Pitt’s 33. [Full Back] True snared Meyer’s pass, tight-rope-walked down the sideline for 13 yards, and took it over.

   • 1939 November 24, Bob Frame, “Bendig Paces Fairmont Win over Oakwood”, in The Dayton Herald, volume LX, number 276, Dayton, Oh., →OCLC, page 25, column 8:

     The quarterback cut for the sidelines, and with practically no blocking, tight-rope-walked his way to a score.

   • 1963 July 22, Tom Allan, “Gravel Gertie May Be Fishy, but the Tale Isn’t”, in Evening World-Herald, 78th year, number 283, Omaha, Neb., →OCLC, page 10, column 1:

     I was wondering if it was really worth it when we tight-rope-walked a bouncing pile a block to a dredge over water 35 feet deep.