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fire-eater definition

fire·-eater (-ēt′ər)

noun

  1. a performer at circuses, etc. who pretends to eat fire
  2. a hot-tempered person always ready to quarrel or fight

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