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contortionist definition

con·tor·tion·ist (-ist)

noun

a person, as a circus acrobat, who can contort his or her body into unnatural positions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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