Circus Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Flying squadron | Workers who arrive first to set up the show |
| Roustabouts | Unskilled workers who do all the manual work |
| Rube | Local townsfolk |
| Dukey | Dining area for circus employees (from the Hotel Du Quai in Paris) |
| Cooch | Erotic dance, prostitution |
| Jump | Distance traveled between shows |
| Bull | An elephant, male or female |
| Grouch bag | A bag containing money, worn around the neck to prevent theft |
| First of May | A new circus employee, in his first summer season |
| Redlighting | Being tossed off the train, usually when it slowed for a red signal, but sometimes over a bridge |
| Kinkers | Circus performers (term used by the workers) |
| Jake | Jamaican ginger extract, a headache remedy, but used like moonshine |
| Spectacle | Dramatic performance |
| Menagerie | Collection of wild animals |
| Yak | a large, longhaired ox |
| Big top | the largest canvas tent at a circus performance |
| Aerialist | an acrobat who performs in the air (on a rope or trapeze) |
| Stampede | a wild headlong rush of frightened animals |
| Orangutan | an ape with long reddish hair |
| Ringling bros. | America's most famous and most successful circus franchise |
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