"saltimbanque" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From French saltimbanque, from Italian saltimbanco, from saltare (“to jump”) + banco (“bench, platform, stage”).",
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          "text": "1960, Henry Miller, Nexus, Obelisk Press, Chapter 13,\nAnother day my hands might wander over the keys with the felicity of a Borgia’s murderous paw. Choosing the staccato technique, I would ape the quibblers and quipsters of the Ghibellines. Or put it on, like a saltimbanque performing for a feeble-minded monarch."
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          "text": "Outside, saltimbanques of snow were leaping up and flipping backward.",
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