echassiers
English translation: walker on stilts
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| 17:13 Nov 25, 2001 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary / entertainment | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Rita Cavaiani Local time: 21:55 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | stilt walker |
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| 4 | walker on stilts |
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41 mins confidence: 
walker on stilts Explanation: échassier = artiste de théâtre ou de cirque qui donne des spectacles monté sur des échasses |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1stilt walker Explanation: The more common term is "stilt walker" or "stiltwalker" in preference to "walker on stilts". Try web seacrhes for all three and you'll see! |
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