"sword swallower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sword swallower.ogg [Australia] Forms: sword swallowers [plural]
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  1. A performer who performs sword swallowing
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  2. (vulgar, slang) A person who performs oral sex on a man. Tags: slang, vulgar Translations (person who swallows swords): swaardslukker (Afrikaans), traga-sabres [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), draga-sabres [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), sabelsluger [common-gender] (Danish), zwaardslikker [masculine] (Dutch), miekannielijä (Finnish), avaleur de sabre [masculine] (French), avaleuse de sabre [feminine] (French), Schwertschlucker [masculine] (German), Schwertschluckerin [feminine] (German), kardnyelő (Hungarian), mangiatore di spade [masculine] (Italian), mangiatrice di spade [feminine] (Italian), sverdsluker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sverdslukar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), engolidor de espadas [masculine] (Portuguese), engolidora de espadas [feminine] (Portuguese), шпагоглота́тель (špagoglotátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), шпагоглота́тельница (špagoglotátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), svärdslukare [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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