| 单词 | barker |
| 例句 | Apparently no one was heeding the barker’s plea. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The barkers were all interesting guys, poets manques, most of them, and spent their time off in City Lights Bookstore, leafing through New Directions paperbacks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the sideshow, a scruffy carnival barker was shouting through a megaphone, promising glimpses of “the most shocking errors of nature allowed on view by law” for a trivial fee. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He found the dingiest gambling den, one with no sign and just a single lonely barker out front. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nina looked at the people screaming and shouting, the barkers walking the aisles taking bets. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had issued a call to the most legendary aviators he had known in the Marine Corps, the ones who had combined uncanny abilities as pilots with the personalities of carnival barkers and exhibitionists. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see barkers out front shouting to potential customers, offering free drinks, hot pots of coffee, and the fairest deal in all of Ketterdam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The barker himself had paused in his calling to emit a nimbus formation of smoke. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was the bellow of a bull, a deep and powerful shout with flat edges like a circus barker’s voice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He made sure to cycle steerers in and out, changing the faces so Pekka’s barkers and bouncers never got wise, and customer by customer, he leeched away the Emerald’s business. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Did the old carny barker play out a shattering real-life version of “Nightmare Alley,” his favorite movie, where he turned the most successful solo recording artist of all time into the geek? Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z He acted, played piano and worked as a teenage carnival barker. For Filmmakers, Watergate Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z He seemed simultaneously to embody the jovial, backslapping Rotarian of the mid-20th century, the midway barker of the 19th and, in the opinion of at least some critics, the court jester of the Middle Ages. Willard Scott, TV’s Clown Prince of Sun and Showers, Is Dead at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Her friend, the Brooklyn artist Duke Riley, served as a barker. ‘All These Darlings,’ a Floating San Francisco Peep Show 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z From midway barker in a local carnival to bumbling magician to hypnotist's subject to traveling roadshow mainstay to actor in a theater troupe specializing in melodrama, Lyle is there. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Old Hollywood 2012-12-14T17:18:26Z She bounces around with the aggressive good nature of a carnival barker, as guests — many of them friends — thrust bills in her face. | Margaret Lee’s One-Woman Show 2013-08-20T22:25:40Z Mwenso is up to the challenge; he sings and banters like a carnival barker at a swingers’ club, and he has a plucky young crew to support him. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z There’s also a bounce house filled with ginormous stuffed breasts and a row of naughty arcade games, complete with enthusiastic barkers. The Met, they’re not: The oddest museums in New York City 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z He was the carnival barker of the two of them, right? "It's not worth it": ESPN podcast "Heavy Medals" probes the Karolyis' ruthless gymnastics empire 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z But Wool's perfect timing and daft/declamatory cadences – he's half backwoodsman, half carnival barker – keep even the so-so material enjoyable. Glenn Wool ? review 2011-08-23T18:20:00Z In the second half the focus moves to the wily survivor Azdak, played by Mr. Willis as a carnival barker or talk show host. Theater Review | 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle': Brecht?s Test of Devotion, Set Amid Modern Warfare 2010-03-01T22:49:00Z He entered with a scarf-and-glitter outfit befitting a circus barker and a broad grin. Concert review: Van Halen at the United Center 2012-02-25T07:25:00Z If his Billy Bigelow sounded more like Moses than a carnival barker, he located the character’s anxieties and created a persuasive dramatic monologue. Music Review: ?An Evening With Paulo Szot? at Caf? Carlyle - Review 2012-01-14T01:45:52Z Obama labeled Trump a "carnival barker" and skewered him in a dinner speech a few days later. Limbaugh and the GOP: The media stars and politics 2012-03-06T00:46:04Z The heat from the stage was mostly directed outward, especially at the opposition party, and most especially at Donald J. Trump, whom Mr. O’Malley called “that carnival barker.” In First Debate, Democrats Keep the Drama to a Minimum 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z As the sideshow barker shouts, his voice competing with rollicking carousel music, “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!” See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Across this scene drifts Lynch's singing voice, high-pitched, largely distorted and croaking like a wizened fairground barker. David Lynch: The Big Dream – review 2013-07-11T20:30:00Z Your character does a “barker” show – where you hand out fliers and must get a minimum amount of people through the door for stage time. Pete Holmes Opens Old Wounds in HBO’s ‘Crashing’ 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z There are other blazers by Mr. Baker, but the looser he gets with fabric choice, the closer to carnival barker the clothes become. | Any Old Iron: At Any Old Iron, Shopping for Men?s Wear, Saluting the Union Jack 2010-05-11T23:29:00Z Carousel Musical Theatre West stages the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic about a carnival barker who romances a naive young woman. L.A. theater openings, March 19-26: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and more 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But the Brent characters are more complex and more sympathetic than Molnar’s Liliom, an abusive carnival barker. DVDs: Tough Women and Flawed Men 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z Billy is a brute of a carnival barker in 1870s New England who thieves and hits his wife, in a story about a tormented soul and the redemptive power of love. Can a good guy playing a bad boy finish first? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z A carnival barker type assures us that this exotic creature — who “exposes himself to crowds who gape and yawp” — looks like nobody else on the planet. Bradley Cooper in 'The Elephant Man' on Broadway 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Billy, though, is a dark-hearted carnival barker who beats his wife. Joshua Henry Does Whatever It Takes, in ‘Carousel’ and as a Father 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The first of act of “Back on Broadway” ends with Mr. Jackman embodying another, similar Rodgers and Hammerstein figure, singing the “Soliloquy” of Billy Bigelow, the burly carnival barker from “Carousel.” Arts & Leisure: How Hugh Jackman?s Two Sides Make Women Swoon 2011-12-08T16:00:00Z He spends his nights as a barker, singing and dancing on the roadside to lure in prospective johns. Getting it together for James Brown biopic 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z As such, when many people talk about "struggle meals," especially online, it's often with a kind of carnival barker mentality, touting promises of the bizarre. Why Facebook’s “struggle meal” groups are most wholesome place on the internet 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Do barkers lower the quality of shows or do you feel they’re an essential part of paying dues? Pete Holmes Opens Old Wounds in HBO’s ‘Crashing’ 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z His effectiveness and addictiveness in the medium have elevated him from carnival barker to transcendent public figure. For DJ Khaled, Snapchat Is a Major Key to Success 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z But one barker assures the crowd that he offers the genuine article, a young Mexican woman truly “ghastly to behold.” Review: Listening in the Dark to a Cruel Tale of ‘True History’ 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Today’s carnival barkers allure us with, well, things we see every day. Digital Fur, Digital Folks: Reality Is Starting to Feel Overrated 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z And then Ms. Miller slips through to face the audience like a barker and starts the song. In ‘Pippin,’ How They Make Its ‘Magic’ 2013-04-19T14:16:21Z Like a sideshow barker, Young writes with unbridled enthusiasm, a showman’s conviction, and a carny’s canny, telling a story that at times defies belief. How fake news, hoaxes and humbug are about race 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z In 2016, he’s a carnival barker for an increasingly small audience. Kevin Smith and the triumph of commerce over art 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z He is a Know-Nothing, a nativist, a carnival barker, a professional wrestler wannabe. Donald Trump’s “Death Wish” fantasies: Guns, white vigilantism, and the right’s toxic masculinity 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z If it hears a bark on telly, it jumps up and runs towards the door, looking for the mystery barker. DogTV? It's a barking bad idea 2013-07-10T12:47:22Z By comparison the drummer Stephanie Luke was a barker, an effect she sometimes used to shout down her band mates. Music Review: On a Hot Night, Intense Frenzied Punk 2011-06-29T21:56:11Z She works as store barker, dancing in scanty clothing while tempting shoppers with raffle prizes. Review: In ‘Burning,’ Love Ignites a Divided World 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “Oh, we’ve got skin diseases!” an attendant boasted, like a carnival barker in suspenders and skull ring, as we pored over postcards of warts and rashes. “2-D, 3-D, whatever you like.” Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z "In the hour-and-a-half that Hitler talked to that packed audience, he was as effective as a barker at a side show, travelling with a circus," Vanderbilt comments in the voiceover. First U.S. anti-Hitler film discovered in Brussels archive 2013-09-20T18:45:43Z Lane Hardy, "a tightly muscled guy, in faded jeans", sports a derby hat which, "tilted on his coal black hair", makes him resemble "a carnival barker from an old-time newspaper strip". Joyland by Stephen King – review 2013-06-12T06:31:01Z In an era of barkers, Mr. Lamar is a sotto voce rap star. Music Review: Kendrick Lamar Weighs in at Williamsburg Waterfront Park 2013-09-11T21:41:02Z They stay with Donald because Donald, for all of his immense problems as a human being, is a charismatic carnival barker. George Clooney on ‘The Midnight Sky’ and Donald Trump 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z He’s a barker of a rapper, unyieldingly stern regardless of the production beneath him, which in grime is often quirky. Review: Stormzy Delivers Grime Music From Britain 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Black painted arrows act as effectively as carnival barkers to funnel the crowd's diffuse and drifty attention to each portal. What's behind those peepholes at Union Station? 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z I don’t mean mere antiheroes like Billy Bigelow, the “Carousel” carnival barker who sings gloriously about love yet hits his wife. When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z But the carnival barkers of yore promised us wonders we’d never witnessed before, even if they didn’t always deliver on that promise. Digital Fur, Digital Folks: Reality Is Starting to Feel Overrated 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Trump has always been a barker, one of the strongest carnival barkers I have seen in my life. Edward James Olmos unloads on “dangerous” Donald: “Trump is the worst-case scenario for this country” 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The Broadway heyday of Molnar, a Hungarian playwright, stretched from the 1920s to the ’40s, when Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted “Carousel” from his drama “Liliom,” about a brutish barker at a Budapest amusement park. Review: ‘Fashions for Men,’ a Revival at the Mint Theater 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The barker at the faded shooting gallery beckoned, calling out in assorted tongues, Come on, pretty lady, three shots for a euro! Exclusive: An Excerpt from Valerie Plame’s Upcoming Spy Thriller 2013-05-28T19:43:55Z So when a carnival barker promises a crowd a good show it is easy to imagine del Toro nodding along as he murmurs, Step right this way, folks. ‘Nightmare Alley’ Review: Seeing Is Believing. (Suckers!) 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Its central figure, leaning over to tease a cat in his path, is dressed like a carnival barker. Celebrating William Cumming and Jacob Lawrence at Woodside/Braseth Gallery 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends", like a satanic circus barker, and by the time he's growling, "Come inside! Readers recommend: songs about visitors ? results 2011-08-25T13:46:52Z Thrilled, he took a job as a barker there the next summer. Meinhardt Raabe, Legendary Munchkin, Dies at 94 2010-04-10T00:42:00Z The brochure lured us in with all the skill of a carnival barker: “UNBELIEVABLE — an experience that will intrigue you the rest of your life.” West Virginia: Wild and wonderful and, okay, a little bit weird 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z He spent his lifetime as sort of a carnival barker. White nationalists love Tucker Carlson, and other startling discoveries in “Rising Out of Hatre... 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Asked to make videos for Instagram to promote the weeklong engagement, I consider that we traveling singers are among the last carnival barkers, barking for ourselves. A ‘Girl Singer’ and Her Extra Hair Hit the Road 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Part carnival barker, part adman, part good-natured, dirty-minded adolescent, Mr. Friedman plumbed the low-rent depths of the movie business with a sense of boldness and a sense of fun. David F. Friedman, Horror Film Pioneer, Dies at 87 2011-02-15T07:48:01Z Event participants called out to passengers like circus barkers. If you’re stressed about flying, these four-legged therapists can help 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Meek Mill, from Philadelphia, is an excitable barker, as heard on his “Flamerz” mixtapes, which have been circulating on blogs for the last couple of years. Critic?s Notebook: In the Hip-Hop World, Blogs Mean Business 2011-05-27T23:15:20Z The barker tipped his head, fanning his hand, gesturing ‘hot stuff’. Exclusive: An Excerpt from Valerie Plame’s Upcoming Spy Thriller 2013-05-28T19:43:55Z He is a barker whose all-caps style of banter is de rigueur in sports and conservative talk radio. Could Alex Jones possibly be a brilliant artist? 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z From the evidence here, Lancaster Dodd isn't a circus barker like Lonesome Rhodes. The Master trailer: will Paul Thomas Anderson's film inspire devotion? 2012-07-20T14:10:48Z “She didn’t have a problem being everything from an over-excited clam to a carnival barker. She just dove in and loved to play.” Before ‘Elvis,’ Improv Students Exchange Ad-Libbed Vows 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The barkers and clowns that manifest when Trump and cameras are present would create a spectacle that reminds viewers what a vote for Trump really means. Televising Trump's trial would make Jack Smith's job harder. Here's why it should be allowed anyway 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The reality of thousands dying in the Middle East overshadows the sideshow barker who complains that he had every right to keep classified information, while at the same time claiming he didn’t have it. Hamas and the GOP are both terrorist groups — it's just a matter of degree 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z "Don't look over there, where a New York judge just ruled that the Trump Organization is liable for fraud," says the carnival barker. James Comer brings the MAGA circus to town: What the House GOP witness list says about impeachment 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Parker, a Dutch-born carnival barker turned music impresario, was Presley’s longtime manager and known and often criticized for his cutthroat business style. Dolly Parton reveals why Elvis wasn't allowed to officially cover 'I Will Always Love You' 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Carnival barkers often placed Native Americans, Inuit, and Filipino Islanders on display for others to look at. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Presiding over it all was Mr. Springer, who variously served as a referee, ringmaster, carnival barker and relationship counselor. Jerry Springer, whose tabloid talk show became a rowdy hit, dies at 79 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “Colonel Parker used to be a carnival barker,” designer Murphy notes. How these teams bring the actors home without saying a word 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Before she won her office in 2018, James had called Trump a “con man,” ″carnival barker” and “fear monger.” NY attorney general, a thorn in Trump’s side, seeks 2nd term 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Yet again, they will seethe, Mr. Trump the carnival barker is seizing the microphone to talk about himself and take credit for the great victory. Trump Force One ready to take off for ‘24 presidential campaign 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z On the sidewalk, a barker urged passers-by to take a look. Margo Feiden, Hirschfeld’s Idiosyncratic Gallerist, Dies at 77 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Like the land barkers themselves, Bell too laid it on thick about “Widneyville-by-the-Desert.” Moneta, Tropico, Lordsburg — where did L.A.’s phantom towns vanish to? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z It’s a carnival barker promising a werewolf boy, a woman with four legs, fleas that can rotate a Ferris wheel, a pizza bowl without crust. Review | Papa Johns’ new pizza bowls are bad execution of a bad idea 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In the land of crypto, the one-eyed man is king — and the line between carnival barker and investment guru extremely difficult to find. The crypto boom runs on hype men like ‘BitBoy,’ an untrained Atlanta YouTuber 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z But for the past 30 years, his true calling has been modern-day carnival barker, affectionately known by his moniker, “The Barnum of Burbank.” Punk rock venue California Institute of Abnormal Arts shuts its doors after 30 years 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Online shopping carnival barkers will keep trying to entice us with something NEW! and COOL! How Deep Is Our Love for Prime Day? 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Amsterdam's canals were filled with "party boats" of dancing people and pumping music, while in the large Vondelpark, barkers sold pancakes and children with musical instruments showed off their varying skills. Dutch celebrate first King's Day holiday without COVID curbs since 2019 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z It doesn’t get dazzled by every charismatic carnival barker who comes along. Opinion | Are Republicans hiding their agenda — or do they not know what it is? 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z He started working on the Block as a barker while still in his teens. Baltimore officials try again to shut down longtime strip club 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “I’m almost like the carnival barker, letting folks know that we’re here and they can come get vaccinated,” Mr. Espinal said. In Another Pandemic Year, Rising to Meet Challenges 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z They are the distractions that come from the main barker, the total mismanagement of this beloved team. Opinion | The spirit of RFK would help the WFT 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z He set aside plans to follow in his father’s footsteps as a firefighter and went into coaching, eventually turning the Rainbow Warriors around in his four seasons — and doing so with a carnival barker’s flair. A Coach’s Vaccine Refusal Generates Discord at Washington State 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z As he launched his acting career, Mr. Constantine supported himself by working as a night watchman at a department store, counterman at a hamburger chain and barker at a shooting gallery. Michael Constantine, Windex-loving dad in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding,’ dies at 94 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Downtown redevelopment and eminent domain have whittled away at it — shaving the three-block stretch down to barely one by the mid-1990s — and city regulations have quieted the barkers and dimmed the glitzy neon lights. Baltimore officials try again to shut down longtime strip club 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z But maybe it’s impossible to separate the reckless carnival barker who deludes himself and others from the bold ideas that really are helping to change the world for the better. Innovation Invites Hucksters 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Gov. Jay Inslee was doing his best barker routine the other day — exhorting, pleading, and ultimately luring with shiny objects, as he tried to get the holdouts and skeptics to step inside the tent. The vaccine lottery is a dud. How about just paying people to get the shots instead? 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z “Our democracy is collapsing, and that’s dangerous for all of us because the void will be filled by carnival barkers, despots and authoritarians.” Column: Tyranny of the minority, or how Trump and other sore losers are making our nasty politics worse 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z None of these carnival barkers have these men’s best interest in mind. Editorial Roundup: Texas 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Trump is a salesman, a carnival barker, a con man. Donald Trump's "real" legacy to America: The weaponization of an alternate reality 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z They stay with Donald because Donald, for all of his immense problems as a human being, is a charismatic carnival barker.” George Clooney: Trump ‘would have been re-elected’ if he embraced masks 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The stranger shouted, loud as any carnival barker that ever was: “Step up! Step right up, boys!” On a Summer Night in Selma, an Eerie Carnival Comes to Town 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But his rallies do not soak up media coverage like they used to, with some commentators suggesting that the carnival barker act, so novel in 2016, has become routine and even boring. Trump trails Biden with two weeks to go – but there could yet be surprises 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Brady’s junk science is on the whole no more pernicious than the televangelists or carnival barkers who have separated generations of marks from their money. Tom Brady's pseudoscientific wellness racket is the American dream | Bryan Armen Graham 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Arriving in California with $18 and her father’s railroad pass, she wound up working as a carnival barker on Balboa Island. 'I will kill you if you give this song to anyone but me': how Peggy Lee was perfect for Is That All There Is? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Administrators, promoters, sponsors and romantic sports fans will dismiss Olubamiwo as an irksome carnival barker. Larry Olubamiwo: 'Athletes dope for money. My goal was to make a living' | Donald McRae 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z A carnival barker passes off an exotic dancer as a Turkish princess, elevating her to fame at a price he hadn’t anticipated. Movies on TV this week: April 19: Jaws; Seven Days in May 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z But we also need to talk about the carnival barker who played a businessman on reality TV for a few years. As the numbers of dead and unemployed grow, Trump looks and sounds smaller | Richard Wolffe 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Conversely, Pritzker found himself in a Twitter feud with the president where, at one point, the top Illinois Democrat called Trump a carnival barker. How US governors are fighting coronavirus – and Donald Trump 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z He was a carnival barker outside a blazing circus tent. Opinion | Only Mother Nature can save us now 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z This was one of professional wrestling’s greatest barkers adding gasoline to a game that didn’t need any because on one side of the court, there was James. LeBron James hurt the Pelicans from deep rather than engage Zion Williamson down low 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z It’s all so very sad, even if Bob Odenkirk’s carnival barker performance as Jimmy / Saul is as entertaining and funny as it’s always been. Better Call Saul knows how much we love a good scam 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z He characterized those sounding a financial alarm as “carnival barkers, the doomsayers, the paid professional critics.” Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Some nights, after hours of work, barkers fail to sell any tickets, meaning they don’t earn a cent. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z For weeks, the barker demanded of us: Will you believe me or your own eyes? Opinion | Only Mother Nature can save us now 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “In 1998, we had carnival barkers, too. They became dopamine for the base and acted as distractions from the story the other side was trying to tell.” Why the Republicans have made an anonymous whistleblower the centerpiece of their impeachment defense 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Such a meeting should not be about glorifying America’s carnival barker president, but about furthering healing and justice. Trump's treatment of the Dunn family was reality TV spectacle at its most heartless | Ross Barkan 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z He also was as bombastic as a carnival barker, and backed it up with his play. Column: Richard Sherman has cornered market on fatherly advice for young 49ers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z And when barkers do their stand-up, it’s often in an undesirable slot. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z After posting a photo of the barker in the box to Twitter, the shelter said demand for the puppy skyrocketed. Dog dropped off at California animal shelter in cereal box, infested with fleas gets adopted 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z But Epstein warned that the carnival barker’s impact would probably be fleeting even in the current era of shorter attention spans, fragmented media and polarized politics. Why the Republicans have made an anonymous whistleblower the centerpiece of their impeachment defense 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is basically a carnival barker and a circus promoter. Donald Trump wanted a big patriotic spectacle: All he got was a damp firecracker 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Then the NRA put its entire weight behind the orange-haired carnival barker, spending a record-breaking $30 million on Trump's campaign alone. In the Trump era, the NRA has finally been revealed as a pathetic fraud 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Some barkers declined to speak on the record, saying they did not want to be publicly identified with a widely disrespected occupation. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z President Trump and his carnival barkers at Fox News often describe the Democratic Party as having moved the far left, which is nonsense. Has Krysten Sinema become the Joe Manchin of the West? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z For a long time America has had carnival barkers and fantasists and pathological liars who have been successful as charismatic attractors of public attention. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Forget Mueller; impeachment won't save America 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z “Trump serves as a carnival barker for Fox,” Levin says, giving invaluable promotional help to the channel. The Making of the Fox News White House 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Stories in reputable media shops, including this one, continue to quote Squatch carnival barkers and document their activities because, well, people continue to search, and we don’t really know for sure … do we? The legend of Sasquatch won’t die. (But if just one Bigfoot would — die, that is — Ron Judd would become a believer.) 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Yet spending time with barkers also shows that the job provides training and a bit of recognition, along with other, less predictable benefits — a rowdy good time, hard-won wisdom. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z But his chief legacy is to have cast a serially bankrupt carnival barker in the role of a man who might plausibly become the leader of the free world. How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The story is about the cost of a romance between a carousel barker and and a mill worker. Grammy nominations for musical theater: TV's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' is a surprising challenger to Broadway's 'Band's Visit' 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But Faulkner, unlike Schlapp, wasn’t content to simply act as Trump’s carnival barker this time. When it comes to Trump and Russia, Fox News hosts admit “things are starting to seem a little w... 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Nestled somewhere between the liberal media and the carnival barkers of Fox News, Kelly was thought to have crossover appeal. Megyn Kelly: how TV's $69m star fell from the top 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Burdette is a comedy barker, someone who peddles tickets to stand-up shows that struggle to attract a crowd. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers,” a bemused Obama told reporters. Playing Trump’s game in culture war a losing Dems’ strategy 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Trump needs reassurance — and Kudlow, the former TV business pundit, now plays the carnival barker’s carnival barker. Opinion | Trump learns: Live by the Dow, die by the Dow 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z It was one of Trump’s rare flashes of self-knowledge in a carnival barker performance that is becoming more and more familiar with each outing in front of the media. Trump leaves Rose Garden listeners punch-drunk … even without alcohol 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Some of Jones’s fellow owners have described him as the N.F.L.’s Donald Trump, a blustering billionaire showman easily dismissed as a carnival barker. The N.F.L. Stiff-Armed Trump. Now He Is Heckling From the White House. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z At 48 years old, he is almost surely the oldest barker on Macdougal Street still holding on to the dream of becoming a professional comedian. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z He is golf’s greatest showman, a carnival barker inside the ropes and out. PGA Championship 2018: In a season of sizzle, Phil Mickelson proves to be more style than substance - Golf Digest 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Matt Drudge, the circus barker of the far right, was more succinct on Thursday, branding Cohen “The Rat”. A secret tape, a rightwing backlash: is Michael Cohen about to flip on Trump? 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z He may be a carnival barker with a gift for self-promotion, but he cares deeply about his team. Clipper Darrell Won’t Bow to King James. But He Wants To. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Billy Bigelow, the abusive, generally unsavory carnival barker in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, can be hard to watch in the context of the country’s larger reckoning with sexual and physical abuse. Tony awards 2018: who will win – and who should 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “He’s the last living schtick,” said Bobby Lockwood, 28, a fellow barker. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Joshua Henry, who plays Billy Bigelow, the seductive carnival barker nice girls are supposed to avoid, offers a grandly operatic performance that reveals his character's turbulent soul through his earth-shaking singing. What 'My Fair Lady' and 'Carousel' bring to Broadway that 'Mean Girls' does not 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Trump’s likely future is that of a carnival barker presiding over steadily declining hinterland hate rallies. Opinion | Babushkas for Putin 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z But instead of a barker hawking a show of freaks, wonders and human curiosities, the Metropolitan Opera orchestra played the overture from Mozart’s opera “Così Fan Tutte.” From Coney Island Sideshows to an Operatic Debut at the Met 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z In 1990, Trump described his marketing philosophy to Playboy magazine in the terms of a carnival barker: “The show is Trump, and it’s sold-out performances everywhere.” In Arizona, Joe Arpaio’s Senate bid tests the strength of Trumpism 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z “It flipped a switch. I became a different barker.” Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z On the other hand, Trump is unabashed liar, a blowhard and a self serving carnival barker. Trump, in Davos, Mends Split With Britain and Widens One With Palestinians 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z U.S. officials who once dismissed WikiLeaks as a little more than an irritating propaganda machine and Assange as an antiestablishment carnival barker now take a far darker view of the group. A German hacker offers a rare look inside the secretive world of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z We attend to carnival barkers and celebrity circuses, while the future of our civil society — the development and training of our young people — rots and crumbles for lack of attention and funding. Why Are Our Most Important Teachers Paid the Least? 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Across 12 tracks, lead barker Jason Williamson, who has a murderous stare and onstage presence, poured forth dense rhymes about working-class outrage, societal suffocation and our media-saturated reality. Bedouine, Kehlani, the Regrettes, Yaeji and other 2017 recordings to revisit – LA Times 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z On weekend nights, as many as eight barkers gather on a stretch of Macdougal Street extending just over a block. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “Fun story, huh?” he asks her at one point, sneering like a carnival barker. 'Black Mirror' returns with more grim looks at the future, but its brightest moments stand out 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Just like Trump, they're carnival barkers, only about drawing attention to themselves. F.B.I. Director Wants to Move Forward, but the President Is Making His Job Harder 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The mustached restaurant barkers trying to lure visitors into their eateries? A Winter Escape to a Beloved Summer Town 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The carnival barkers’ call for state lotteries to “fund public education” is the perfect example. No new Metro tax, please and thanks 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Female barkers seem less enthusiastic about romantic opportunities. Secrets of the Oldest Comedy Club Barker on Macdougal Street 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Trading in entertainment is an outcome that favors no one but the carnival barkers, and that is a legacy no one should wish for. Mayweather-McGregor's uneasy legacy: the triumph of entertainment over sport 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z And: “We degrade our politics enough as it is without turning our democracy over to carnival barkers and reality television.” Opinion | The single biggest act of political bravery of the Trump era 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Trump is a fairground barker, a snake-oil salesman, an old-fashioned crook. How 9/11 led to President Donald Trump 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z He’s everything this franchise wants, on the court and off — and, yes, that includes his carnival barker father. Hernandez | Don’t worry about the father: Lakers will be improved if they add Lonzo to the mix 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Mimicking the voice of a carnival barker, Yount reads, “Behold the boy struggling with social anxiety.” On the set: The new crew takes us behind the scenes on set for the revival of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z But to hear the media talk about it the next day, it was a class act that marked his transition from sniffling carnival barker to respectable figure. The resistance v Trump: this week was a draw | Jamie Peck 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z I would pay to witness the next meeting between the Senate Republican caucus and Trump, just to see the interaction between Flake and the barker in chief. Opinion | The single biggest act of political bravery of the Trump era 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The unfortunate part of this is that Mayweather the carnival barker will be remembered more than Mayweather the fighter, who was once legitimately great. Mayweather vs. McGregor? Sure — there's too much money out there for it not to happen 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z And yet such thrills do not necessarily pay the bills, as the barkers say. The Last Days of the Big Apple Circus 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Her relationship with her first husband was volatile, and she followed him from Canada to Chicago, where he worked as a carnival barker and she attended the legendary Chicago World’s Fair. The Surprising Story of America’s Most Famous Female Stagecoach Robber 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z He dismissed Mr. Trump as a carnival barker and, like many in Washington, did not understand that much of the country was alienated enough to embrace such a figure. Obama’s Policies and Broader Vision Face Reckoning With History 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Obama called the issue a distraction pushed by “carnival barkers,” an implicit dig at Trump. What Donald Trump has said through the years about where President Obama was born 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The strategy worked: throughout the 1920s, and to the consternation of many residents, pleasure piers and carnival barkers made Venice a major draw for Angelenos at weekends and holidays. The phantom Venice: hunting for Frank Gehry in LA's strangest neighbourhood 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Trump, the consummate showman, carnival barker, and professional wrestling villain would swerve the American corporate news media once again. Putting lives in danger: Trump’s vile Phoenix speech was terrifying — and the result could be tragic 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z As I wrote yesterday, he's a carnival barker. Donald 'Just Kidding' Trump 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Trump is a carnival barker, plain and simple. Conservative Catnip 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The corporate news media treated this as curious and entertaining, a means to make a profit off of the carnival barker professional wrestling-inspired GOP candidate’s antics. A lie enabled by the American corporate news media: “Decent” people do not support Donald Trump 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z They need to look at what was initially proposed and compare it with the new plan — after all, the circus barker promises a bearded lady but delivers a man wearing an Abe Lincoln-like fake. John Hinckley out, NBA in with Events DC plans 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z He's the stranger who comes to town, dedicated to separating the rubes from their money, promising with a carnival barker's conviction that only he has the magic elixir that will cure all their maladies. And Then There Was Trump 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Democrats were unsparing in the attacks on Trump, who was alternately described as a carnival barker, an egomaniac and "a hateful con man," in the words of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Obama to offer commander-in-chief test in his final Democratic convention speech as president 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is a carnival barker, spouting tantalizing enticements to a crowd of potential marks with absolutely no intention of fulfilling any of those promises. Donald Trump’s Economic Nostalgia 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z He was a carnival barker who somehow morphed into Socrates. Muhammad Ali was the greatest, but his greatest fights took a lot out of him 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Later, he worked as a carnival barker in Coney Island. Queens Couple Sees Art in the Bullet Holes Piercing a Public Housing Complex 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z He impugned Trump's temperament, dismissed one of his most extreme policy prescriptions as "ridiculous," and degraded him as a "carnival barker." Trumped in the GOP primary, the New Jersey governor now seeks validation and redemption. 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z OAKLAND, Calif. — Draymond Green, equal parts power forward and carnival barker, was annoyed with an official’s call, which is something that happens with regularity whenever Green plays basketball for the Golden State Warriors. Draymond Green, Complete With Theatrics, Animates the Warriors 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z They have bellowed for years about their "principles" and now the people have spoken and chosen a carnival barker as their standard bearer. Donald Trump or Paul Ryan: Who’s King of the Hill? 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z For Clinton's attack, he posits, the opening salvo is to paint Trump as a carnival barker and con artist. We Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z She is not a carnival barker, a unbending pragmatist, or an unrealistic idealist. At Columbia University, Daring to Back Clinton 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z It's hard to know with Trump where the carnival barker ends and the actual man begins. 95,000 Words, Many of Them Ominous, From Donald Trump’s Tongue 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The blueprint looked like this: Trump played the role of reality TV star turned-carnival barker while the press cheered him on, feasting off the clicks and audience surges he constantly delivered. Once a thug, always a thug: Donald Trump will never (ever) be presidential 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z You could almost hear the carnival barker: "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and see baseball's best team!" Unlike the Cubs, the Angels aren't projected to be very good this season 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z “Trump is at his very nature an insecure carnival barker, so the best way to unmask him is to show everyone that it’s all a circus,” Mr. Pfeiffer wrote. Donald Trump Is a Punch Line for Obama, Who Is Getting More Jokes Ready 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Compared with the frontrunners, carnival barkers and showmen, Obama is starting to walk taller and appear smarter than ever. Yes, he tried: what will Barack Obama's legacy be? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Now, though she thinks he may still be a barker, she finds his candor and impetuousness refreshing. Are you starting to soften on Donald Trump? Don’t. 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Unlike today’s U.S. political carnival barkers, Abiola’s commitment to civil society and democratic freedom is exercised beyond the campaign trail. Women are getting things done while our male GOP leaders continue to bluster 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Trump, of course, continued to deny his role as a carnival barker, using a shout out to the police officers patrolling his rallies to deflect from the heat: Final four showdown: 5 big moments from CNN’s GOP debate 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Well, Trump may still be a carnival barker, but he’s looking more and more like a president! I was wrong about Donald Trump: Camille Paglia on the GOP front-runner’s refreshing candor (and his impetuousness, too) 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Devine said, explaining that excitement the carnival barker on the other side attracts, distracts from Sanders’ ability to draw support from outside of the traditional Democratic base. Why the Sanders campaign may be cheering for a Trump win: Top strategist predicts Democratic turnout “could exponentially increase” 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z “Most educated people look at Donald Trump and see him for what he is – a big carnival barker and con man. It’s inconceivable to people that everybody doesn’t see him that way.” Republican donors' anti-Trump efforts ramp up, with an eye toward Florida 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The Republican primary field dominated by an authoritarian carnival barker and a senator so unyielding that even the deeply stubborn conservative men who run the chamber find him too intransigent. “It’s going to be hard to change the Republican party”: E.J. Dionne explains how the right went wrong — and helped create Donald Trump and Ted Cruz 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Without the carnival barker dragging the debate every which way, the candidates got to focus on a line of attack that they believe will be successful in November. The Fear Factor on Fox 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z “Far from vetoing this carnival barker and his gaseous performance art, Britain should extend an invitation for his expeditious return to answer some pertinent questions,” he wrote. Donald Trump Says He’ll Pull Scotland Investment if Britain Bars Him 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z He was a clown, a carnival barker, the leading man in a sideshow with a short run. One year, two races: Inside the Republican Party’s bizarre, tumultuous 2015 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z White House press secretary Josh Earnest called him a "carnival barker" whose proposal to ban all Muslims from immigrating into the United States disqualifies him from being president. Obama: Trump is ‘exploiting’ anger and fear over economic insecurities 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z It has long been fashionable for Acela corridor elites to dismiss Trump as a sideshow and a carnival barker, but it’s clear they so at their own risk. US politics: Trump grabs commanding lead in latest poll 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Nativism and xenophobia are not limited to the demagoguery of Republican carnival-show barker professional wrestling wannabe reality TV show hosts who want to be president of the United States. Donald Trump’s racism is as American as apple pie 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z At the White House, press secretary Josh Earnest lambasted Trump as a "carnival barker" and called on his rivals to denounce their fellow candidate. Trump stands by his proposal to ban Muslims from entering US, despite widespread outrage 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z “What Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest, who also ridiculed Mr. Trump for his “fake hair” and compared him to a “carnival barker.” White House blasts ‘fake hair’ Trump: Anti-Muslim proposal disqualifies him from presidency 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Earnest also slammed Trump’s campaign as a “carnival barker routine” that was rooted “in the dustbin of history.” White House Says Trump's Muslim Ban 'Disqualifies Him From Serving as President' 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It has long been fashionable for Acela corridor elites to dismiss Trump as a sideshow and a carnival barker, but it’s clear they so at their own risk. US politics: Trump grabs commanding lead in latest poll 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Denouncing Trump as a “carnival barker,” Earnest called Trump’s plan “entirely inconsistent with the values enshrined in our Constitution.” White House press secretary slams 'disqualifying' Trump comments 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z With the carnival barkers as a political backdrop and the horrors of San Bernardino and Paris still fresh, Obama is calling for calm. 'No Drama' in the Face of Panic 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Rather than pretend a carnival barker is a political philosopher, it would be better to turn attention to Trump's supporters. Who Are Trump's Supporters? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It wasn’t until the second hour of the debate that frequent tweeter Donald Trump, weighed in on the candidates’ performances, taking aim at O’Malley, who called Trump an “immigrant-bashing carnival barker.” GOP candidates Tweet from the sidelines for #DemDebate 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z The fact of the matter is — and let’s say it in our debate, because you’ll never hear this from that immigration-bashing carnival barker, Donald Trump, the truth of the matter is… Read the Full Text of the Second Democratic Debate 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Then O’Malley refers to “that immigrant-bashing carnival barker Donald Trump,” who would never, he says, admit a basic truth: The truth of the matter is net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Democratic debate: candidates spar on terrorism, Wall Street reform, healthcare — as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z During its heyday in the early 1970s, the street in North Beach buzzed with more than two dozen clubs where carnival-like barkers beckoned passers-by to watch bare-breasted dancers. Legendary stripper Carol Doda, who helped introduce topless entertainment, dies at 78 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z “Come and get a selfie with the next President of the United States,” another screamed with the zeal of a carnival barker. Rand Paul Goes Back To School Looking for Votes 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Amazing that voters would dial into a broadcast debate even though it lacked, to borrow from O’Malley, a carnival barker — or, for that matter, several carnival barkers. Last night’s most important lesson: The GOP’s longstanding myth about Democrats is starting to crumble 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z In retirement, Chance acted as a midway barker and operated games of skill at carnivals and fairs during the 1970s and '80s. Dean Chance, former Angels pitcher and Cy Young Award winner, dies at 74 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The “immigrant-bashing carnival barker” line was better – but at least nobody called Clinton “shrill”. Democratic debate: candidates spar on terrorism, Wall Street reform, healthcare — as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Instead, it will be dismissed in tax policy circles as just another exaggerated claim of a carnival barker. Trump Tax Plan a Triumph of Showmanship Over Common Sense 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z She creeps into the empty arcade filled with flashing pixelated screens and electronic barkers. Coin-operated dancer : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Nothing makes that clearer than the extent to which the Republican base responds to the anti-Muslim bigotry expressed by carnival barkers like Carson and Trump. Ben Carson's anti-Muslim comments are ahistoric but politically profitable | Scott Lemieux 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Related: In your face: Bruce Gilden's extreme closeups – in pictures My favourite book by Gilden is Coney Island, one of his first projects, in which he photographed sunbathers, barkers and visitors at the crowded resort. A latter-day freak show? Bruce Gilden's extreme portraits are relentlessly cruel 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The “immigrant-bashing carnival barker” line was better – but at least nobody called Clinton “shrill”. Democratic debate: candidates spar on terrorism, Wall Street reform, healthcare — as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Gage called Trump a “misogynist, sexist carnival barker.” As campaign heats up, Republican candidates are rushing to the right 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Do they shrug him off as some kind of carnival barker? Can the other GOP candidates trump Trump in the first big debate? 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z At Coney Island, a sign proclaimed, “All the World Loves a Baby,” and barkers yelled, “Don’t pass the babies by.” The Incubated Babies of the Coney Island Boardwalk 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z There’s a popular blog out there that uses Jon Stewart’s nickname for Trump in all its coverage, and news coverage is full of phrases like “carnival barker”, “clown”, “rodeo clown”, “carnival sideshow” and “circus sideshow”. Donald Trump is under fire from all sides - and that's what gives him power | J Arthur Bloom 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Then O’Malley refers to “that immigrant-bashing carnival barker Donald Trump,” who would never, he says, admit a basic truth: The truth of the matter is net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Democratic debate: candidates spar on terrorism, Wall Street reform, healthcare — as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Trump is a carnival barker who conflates shouted insults with leadership, and points to his wealth as his credibility scorecard whenever he’s challenged. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z A Republican carnival barker would use racially charged, xenophobic rhetoric, which would propel him into the GOP’s top tier, pushing minority communities even further from the Republican Party. Miami congressman sees Trump as a Democratic plant 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z But don’t blame Trump, the doughy showman President Obama dubbed a “carnival barker” for his role in the birther movement. Donald Trump’s festival of narcissism 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z When carnival barkers launch vanity exercises, it’s an unwelcome distraction. The gift that keeps on giving 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z A response, perhaps, to O’Malley’s line earlier, calling Trump an “immigrant-bashing carnival barker”? Clinton gets applause for saying that “we should be doing everything we can” to defend the affordable care act and improve it. Democratic debate: candidates spar on terrorism, Wall Street reform, healthcare — as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z In a competitive system, Weingarten says, school administrators are pressured "to act more like carnival barkers than educational leaders." New Orleans School Reforms Show Charters Can Work – With Oversight 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Carnival barker Dana White will be getting back to us about one of them someday soon, but on Saturday night Rousey took the opportunity to address the situation herself. After 14-Second Victory, Will We See a Rousey vs. Justino Matchup? 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z That’s worth keeping in mind as the latest carnival barker from the anti-vaccine community steps up for his ignoble hour of attention. Meet the Latest Driver of the Anti-Vaccine Clown Car (Who Thinks You're a 'Bad Mother') 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Julian Edelman sat protected by his lush facial growth, twirling his moustache sly as a carney barker as he fielded questions. Sally Jenkins: Enter the circus of Super Bowl Media Day 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “Each of the judges comes with an imperial retinue of courtiers and barkers, for a court that doesn’t do anything,” Quatrevaux said. Traffic Court clerk moves on, says court should too 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Snickerers and snorters keep their mouths closed, titterers and grunters pulse through parted teeth, wailers and barkers yawp through gaping mouths and throats. The Last Time I Smiled 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The list of rogues and carnival barkers goes on and on. CHARLES HURT: Empty promises in wake of Ferguson 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z He then backs up their pitches with the enthusiasm of a carnival barker. Marijuana legalization backers anxious as costs mount, donors waver 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Impeachment carnival barker Andrew McCarthy jumped on Twitter with Krauthammer’s pronouncement. Fox revs up impeachment lunacy, with Krauthammer at the wheel 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z It is necessary that we do not allow ourselves to be sidetracked by the snake oil carnival barkers who seek to avoid two fundamental issues. Islamic State Group WMD's Prove Bush Was Right 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z “Carousel ,” with music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hamerstein II, the story of a carousel barker who loves a millworker but loses his life during an attempted robbery. D.C. community calendar, Oct. 16-23, 2014 “You walk in, and there are barkers and sellers and people yelling, ‘Come over here!’” 8 Ways to Destroy Workplace Distractions 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z In practice, he was the industry’s top salesman and chief carnival barker during a sea change in consumer culture. Jack Wayman, Inventor of Consumer Electronics Show, Dies at 92 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z In the world of “look younger/feel younger” charlatans, Dr. Art Levenson Ph.D is no carnival barker. How To Look 10 Years Younger: Google Attacks Wrinkles 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z They’re malls without walls, county fairs without barkers or funnel cakes. Savory Lanes That Are So Not Food Courts 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The glorified barkers running the state’s lottery wanted to expand into keno, even though the Legislature’s oversight committee opposed any such thing. Roundup of Arkansas editorials 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z He left home at 16 and worked as a ship deckhand, truck driver and carnival barker, a self-described vagabond. No retirement exit on Metro bus driver’s long run 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Lundergan is such a force of nature that a mythology has grown around his childhood: Rumors abound that he grew up amongst carnival folks, that he was once was a carnival barker. McConnell Foe's Dad is an Asset and Risk in Ky. 2014-02-15T03:35:25Z He gave hundreds of thousands of people a fresh view of the stars, prompting Smithsonian magazine to describe him as a “carny barker for the cosmos.” John Dobson Dies at 98; Taught Art of Stargazing 2014-01-22T03:47:21Z He is a midway barker, promising something marvelous if we’ll just step through the curtain. T-Mobile's Wacky Plan to Trash the Wireless Business Model 2013-10-31T10:00:57Z One night, a barker standing in front of the jewelry store asked some of them to sign up for a drawing. Marketing Lessons from the Sea 2013-07-08T13:27:00Z For much of Game 1, the fans at American Airlines Arena were cued into a frenzied state by a carnival barker posing as a public-address announcer. On Basketball: A Shout-Out to the Spurs’ Quiet and Class 2013-06-07T15:10:10Z During off hours, he moonlighted as a Coney Island carnival barker. Doubts About Detective Haunt 50 Murder Cases 2013-05-11T21:35:06Z About the only thing missing is a carnival barker shouting, "Step right up and try to be the first team to knock off the Hawks!" Opponents lining up to end Hawks' streak 2013-02-27T01:53:00Z Instead Boehner insisted it wasn’t his job to tell people what to think, and Romney made jokes about nobody needing to see his birth certificate, while embracing the carnival barker Donald Trump. The right’s Colin Powell freakout 2013-01-16T00:04:00Z The jewelry store barker knew exactly when 2,000 people would appear in front of her store -- and she was ready. Marketing Lessons from the Sea 2013-07-08T13:27:00Z Resolved: I will not react to or treat as credible carnival barkers who have absolutely no credibility. Resolved: In 2013, I’ll stop paying attention to Rush 2013-01-01T17:00:00Z “We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers,” Mr. Obama said at the time. Kansas Election Officials Seek Copy of Obama’s Birth Certificate 2012-09-14T19:19:41Z “You want a free bumper sticker?” a young Obama worker shouted to people passing the president’s campaign booth, standing three feet above them like a 21st-century carnival barker. At Democratic convention’s street fest in Charlotte, funnel cake and campaigning 2012-09-04T00:24:00Z Proud, vain and not just a little bit dumb, the carnival barker Billy Bigelow also possesses a violent streak and a hot temper. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Carousel’ at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. 2012-08-26T03:30:04Z Rose, 71, Major League Baseball’s hits leader, is interviewed at the barren-looking shopping mall in Las Vegas where he signs autographs and other memorabilia, as employees act as barkers to lure shoppers into the store. Media Decoder Blog: ESPN Doubles Up on '30 for 30' Documentary Series 2012-05-15T11:04:28Z The greatest barkers are not always the sorest biters. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z They vote in big numbers and their leaders rush like carnival barkers to claim all credit for political upsets. City Room: State Senate Race Spotlights a Feeble Democratic Party 2012-03-23T13:56:10Z Slowly, almost imperceptibly, his hand went to the pocket in his skirts, where he carried the "barker" without which he never stirred. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z In the past, calling Super Bowl Media Day a sideshow would have been an insult to carnival barkers and sword swallowers. The Fifth Down: At Media Day, Salsa Dancing and a Jarod Mayo Ballad 2012-01-31T22:07:02Z Trump flamed out after President Obama, incredulous that a “carnival barker,” as he put it, could arouse such excitement, finally produced his long-form birth certificate. Republican Reality TV 2011-12-22T03:20:59Z These men were really not dangerous, being only "barkers" for the hotels of Jerusalem. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z The voice was authoritative and effusive, with a bit of a carnival barker mixed in. Bats: The Red Sox and Bobby Valentine: A Better Fit Than We Think? 2011-11-18T20:26:59Z "You'd better put down that barker, miss, if you don't want to get into trouble," he commanded in a gruff, though subdued voice, for he had no desire to arouse any one else. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z Come right along!” shouted the “barker,” or man who was booming the attraction. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z The feet of barkers shall be cut off; wild beasts shall enjoy peace; mankind shall be grieved at their punishment; the form of commerce shall be divided; the half shall be round. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Then comes the barker and loader, the man who hews off the bark from that part of the log which is to drag on the snow, and assists the teamster in loading. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z “Get your newspaper, get your free Occupied Wall Street Journal!” shouted one barker. The Media Equation: Wall Street Protestors Have Ink-Stained Fingers 2011-10-10T01:51:17Z While he was doing so, and listening to the oarsman's comments, Teddy had an opportunity to see the "barker" and clown who arrived that morning. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z “Come one, come all!” the barker could be heard droning. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z CUPERTINO, Calif. — In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. iCame, iSaw, iConquered: By understanding human desire, Steve Jobs changed the world 2011-10-06T00:43:45Z Castner would have stopped to question the "barker"—was, in fact, trying to make himself heard—when the sharp crash of a pistol-shot dominated the clamor of the piano and the stamping feet. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Ms. Payne said two or three times was appropriate, but any more and the dog would be getting into excessive-barking territory, and problem barkers are the chief offenders in apartment buildings. | Panting Through the Co-op Interview 2011-08-27T15:57:02Z "Half a dozen of the village toughs tried to get in without paying, and I had to polish one of 'em off," the barker replied. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z With additional compliments from the girls, for indeed the sea tan was very becoming to Paul, the party started off to the theatre where the “barker” at the entrance announced the motion picture performance. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z Much like a barker outside a carnival tent, “1 Tip” is merely a come-on, a lure to start the process. Ubiquitous ?tiny belly? online ad part of scheme, government says 2011-07-07T02:25:22Z That was the barker's cue, and he'd holler out: 'Listen to the wild thing! Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z Obama tried to bury the notion by releasing his longer form birth certificate last month and then blasting in a televised address the "carnival barkers" who refused to let the issue die. Obama campaign turns tables on birthers with t-shirts 2011-05-18T19:56:28Z The barker had a broken nose, but it would not prevent him from doing a full share of talking on the following day. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z "Excuse me," said I, addressing the barker, "but is there to be a lecture here to-night?" From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z "We are not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers," Obama said during a press conference afterwards. President Trump? "I'm Very Serious" 2011-04-28T05:45:07Z And he hoped that the country, and the political press, would stop being distracted by "carnival barkers." Donald Trump Wins. Congratulations, America 2011-04-27T23:31:23Z “We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers,” Mr. Obama said, a clear reference — though not by name — to Mr. Trump. Obama Releases ?Long Form? Birth Certificate 2011-04-27T20:36:46Z The barker was lounging in a chair outside, and on catching a glimpse of the boys recognized them immediately. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z “We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers,” the president said. Obama Says Questions About Birth a Distraction From Issues 2011-04-27T14:11:03Z Trump enjoys the eternal appeal of the barker at the circus, the motivational speaker, the in-your-face huckster. Trump’s Diggers Should Look for Real Idea: Margaret Carlson 2011-04-27T14:17:02Z The barker succeeded in getting several scores of people to enter the building. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z They are the "best barkers that can be got in Boulogne." Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z "Now I want every one to sign that," Mr. Sweet said, as he handed his lead-pencil first to the barker, "and then Teddy and I will have some proof of the amount." The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z He said he would like to work someday as a barker for tour buses, selling Manhattan’s attractions to wandering tourists. A Cigarette for 75 Cents, 2 for $1: The Brisk, Shady Sale of ?Loosies? 2011-04-05T02:25:55Z Obama, clearly amazed he was having to address such an issue at a press conference aired live by the networks, said it’s time to stop being “distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers.” Trump’s Diggers Should Look for Real Idea: Margaret Carlson 2011-04-27T14:17:02Z Outside of the small theater a “barker” was collecting quite a good-sized crowd. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z They are the “best barkers that can be got in Boulogne.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Dan and Tim intended to join the party, as was shown by their remaining very close to the prisoner, and only the barker and the clown were left to care for the tent. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z But she was temporarily deserted by both audience and barker. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Obama’s inexperienced White House aides heard those carnival barkers’ attacks and foolishly responded. Politico's hot new opinion columnists debut! 2010-10-05T17:10:00Z “It was like a little carny barker going around saying, ‘It’s going to cure everything.’ ” Initiative in California Would Change How It Votes 2010-05-27T00:40:00Z The Beck big top has room for only one carnival barker at a time. Eric Massa on Glenn Beck: Battle on Fox Over Controversy 2010-03-10T16:30:00Z "I've got a barker an' a clown coming to-morrow; it was no use to pay 'em wages for layin' around when there was nothing to be done but put up the tent." The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z “I’m six, going on seven, and I’m a big girl,” she confided to the barker on whose shoulder she was riding in delightful conspicuousness. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z They'd have shot us if they could have got at their barkers, and I propose to serve 'em the same way. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne It's my one worthy accomplishment," said the barker, modestly; "picked it up in that other paddock; simply dumb with it, sometimes, when I strike the covered-in well I was telling you about. The Shadow of a Man The barkers darted from place to place with such amazing rapidity and shouted so lustily that it seemed as if there must be nearer forty of them than four. Sube Cane "You can suck your thumbs from now out," the barker said, philosophically, "for the backbone of trade has been broken, an' the Peach Bottom fair is already numbered with the things of the past." The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z Unknown to Sally, whose eyes were fixed, blind with fear, upon the crystal tightly cupped in her ice-cold palms, Gus, the barker, had drawn near enough to hear the constable’s threats and demands. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z And, if any one likes to try the smashing trick, I’ve got a barker here that knows how to bite.” The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley “Keep ’em steady a minute, Glanton, while I get out our ‘barkers’,” said Falkner. A Frontier Mystery In charity for the Frenchman's taste, I have sometimes thought the vender of these little barkers was palming a quiz upon me. Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847 He was known, although he did not know it, as the “barker” for the firm. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients Except for David and Pop Bybee and Dan, the barker, she and David might have been behind prison bars tonight, learning the shame and misery that had created that song. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z By this time stones and leaves were taken from a sunken oven in the corner of the hut, and lo! the barker was exposed to view! Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia “Gee!” he said, “youse must ’a’ been a barker at Coney!” McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 In one small town of Acqs were counted as many as forty of these barkers. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages An Indian brave stands holding the scalp, his face with all the leer of a carnival barker three centuries hence intent on making a sale. The Land of Look Behind She thought of appealing to Gus, the barker, to forbid him admission to the tent, but she knew Gus was too good a business man to heed such a wasteful request. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z "How goes it?" he cried, then queried, sardonically: "Which would madame prefer, the pig-sticker or the barker?" The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales The ginger was gone out of the barker’s spiel; the forced gaiety was dying out of the loud levees where the abandoned of the earth held their nightly carousals. Claim Number One Our charmin' guide must have come from a family of auctioneers and circus barkers and he never heard of no sums under ten or eleven thousand in his life. Kid Scanlan And with that his voice took on the tones of a circus barker. The Moon is Green Besides, the barker seemed to like him, or at least to like immensely the bill which invariably passed hands when the showman and the glorified “rube” met. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z "I'll make answer myself," he said; "I'm very particular about my barkers." They of the High Trails The "barkers" came in to sell tickets for the "grand concert." Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer She seemed to consider it necessary to steady him upon the stool while he acted as “barker.” The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air In this space crowded the peasants listening open mouthed in wonder at the vocabulary of the rival "barkers." Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders And because she was almost blinded with the tears which Gus, the barker, had sagely recommended, she collided with another figure in the “alley.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z So, if it come to that, I shall take to the barkers.” The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Above the staccato of conversation and exclamation there arose the appeals of the barkers for the gambling resorts. Desert Dust After that, keep your eyes open and rest assured that as soon as you let off the barker I've given you, I shall not be far off. The Rider of Waroona Then I flung him from me and covered him with my barker. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 He must have spoken to Gus, also, for the barker cut her late afternoon and evening performances as short as possible, although by doing so he lost many a quarter. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The first great Railroad Lobby, with continental empires at stake, thronged the Capitol with its lawyers, agents, barkers, and hired courtesans. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan So we left the crowd—containing indeed women as well as men—to their insensate fervor over a childish game under the stimulation of the raucous, sweating barker. Desert Dust He looked like an eminent statesman who was being compelled to act as barker in a circus against his will. At Good Old Siwash "Now, my masters," says the fellow briskly, "I must trouble each one of you for his barkers—and no tricks, mark me, no tricks!" The Honourable Mr. Tawnish When she reached the tent door, the barker leaned down from his booth, behind which was set a small platform, and beckoned her to mount the narrow steps. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Wait until they arrive within twenty yards of us, and then open upon them with the ‘barkers’; but don’t get excited and fire wild, whatever you do—we must make every shot tell. Turned Adrift And now, the voices of the barkers were heard in the land. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play Motion pictures ran day and night, their ballyhoo added to the outcries of the other barkers. Land of the Burnt Thigh The crying voice of the gambling-house barker rode in over the clang and brass of jazzy music, but he couldn't turn the tip. The Glory of Ippling “The charming barker has rescued her,” Van shouted. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z I’m glad you found these revolvers and brought them along, for they are good barkers, and a man feels a certain sense of security with one of them in his hand. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas After three days’ parley I had just concluded my bargain with his breechless majesty, when a “barker” greeted me with the cheerless message that the “Aguila” was surrounded by man-of-war boats! Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver And yet the atmosphere was that of a local fair, loud with shouting, with barkers crying their wares, with the exclamations of wonder of people looking upon a new country. Land of the Burnt Thigh The manager came out and talked to the barker for a moment. The Glory of Ippling These romance-and-beauty-starved orphans saw only glamor and wonder, believed with all their hearts every extravagant word that Gus, the barker, uttered in his stentorian bawl. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z "Did you bring my barker as well as your own?" Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden As the village was too small to supply the entire gang of fifty, I had recourse to the neighboring settlements, where my “barkers,” or agents, did their work in a masterly manner. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver I heard the barker givin' his song an' dance about the act, and he got a great hand. Shorty McCabe He practiced the leering insinuendo of the barker outside the gambling hall; he gave it the Calsobisidine con come-on; he sold it solid, dripping with sex, twitching with lure. The Glory of Ippling Sally looked on, her throat tight with fear and with tears of gratitude toward Gus, as the barker, with a rapid fire of talk and joking, kept his audience completely hypnotized. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Don't you remember how he was talking to that barker, just as if they were friends? The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall Hitherto I had not touched my armament, but I selected this moment to load under the enemy’s eyes, and, at the word of command, to fling open the ports and run out my barkers. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver He is a good, stout fellow, and a hearty barker and feeder. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Hagen got a quick mental flash of a barker outside a circus sideshow: He walks like a man. Ten From Infinity Gus, the barker, bent over the trembling girl while the crowd was still enthralled over the spectacle of two apparently respectable middle-aged women being dragged out of the tent under arrest. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z They yelled at me and I felt as if I were in the clutches of the "barkers" of a downtown clothing-house. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Accordingly, “barkers” are sent forth on the forest “paths” to welcome the visitors with gifts of tobacco and powder. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver We hired our neighbor, Tom Edwards, who had a remarkably resonant voice, to act as a "barker" for us. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's He had passed them frequently after theater and observed the industrious proprietors and barkers noisily soliciting trade on the sidewalk. The Substitute Prisoner Gus, the barker, who always remained upon the platform during her “readings,” had long ago arranged a code signal of distress, and now she gave it. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z At the sight of my barkers her ladyship screamed and fainted. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' He was drawing the barker and the crowd. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' The world is mostly made of barkers and builders. The Freebooters of the Wilderness But, as he stood hesitant and uncertain within the narrow radius of the gas-lit window, one of the barkers found sufficient courage to invite him within. The Substitute Prisoner Gus, the barker, sprang to the edge of the platform as a red-faced, disheveled woman fought her way through the crowd to the platform. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z "Gee!" he said, "you must have been a barker at Coney Island." From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Near the end of the block we stopped to listen to a particularly vociferous barker. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' A barker in front, coatless, his collar loosened, a black string tie dangling over an unclean shirt front, was temporarily taking a much-needed rest. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Lamps blazed over the motley assembly, loud-voiced barkers yelled, and a band added its discords to the din. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier Freaks and dancers, barkers and concessionaires, all the members of that weirdly assorted family, the carnival, mingled in a joyous freedom from work and worry, singing together, reminiscing, gambling, gossiping. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z But we wiped that out the other day, though I guess the dugout is there yet, or whatever is left of what they used to house their barker in. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films And now, gents"—the old spirit of the "barker" entered into him—"you are about to behold a moral and elevatin' exhibition of the wonders of natur'. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul But the comedian had subsided in a roar of applause, and again the barker's hands were gesticulating wildly. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman "Look a-here—is that your game?" demanded the humane robber; "let me tell you that you had better put up the barker, 'cos I've got one that can speak when it's told to." The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia “You’ll have to wait till Gus, the barker, starts my performance,” she told him nervously, making no effort to deceive the blase New Yorker by a tardy resumption of her “Turkish” accent. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z He's no side-show with a barker in front of the tent—don't forget that for a minute. The Miracle Man "Like Coney Island barkers for rival shows," put in Junior Masters. Success A Novel The manufacture of leather was the leading industry of old Ipswich, and there was a goodly company of skinners, barkers, and tanners employed in the trade. Vanishing England You begun this 'ere quarrel, and you are not going to use the barkers without giving the other side a chance. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The woman stood aloof near the platform of “the girl nobody can lift,” listening to Gus, the barker, with a slight, charming smile of amusement on her beautiful mouth. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z No doubt very pretty and feeble of the bronze-throated Eagle- barker to make it so. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Though a splendid barker, Grip, the dog, was known to be a coward, and now he slunk behind the boy, sniffing at the great track and absolutely refusing to go ahead. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned The barker appraised him with one sweeping glance. The Rules of the Game "A barker," the alderman replied, pleased with this word, and producing the revolver. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories For a terrible moment, long enough for Gus, the barker, to jump from Jan’s platform and come toward her on a run, Sally sat frozen with terror. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Having no popcorn, fizz, or Coney-Island red-hots to distribute, we did the next best thing,—became barkers and gave the calls that go with festivities. The New North The pleasure boat for Lincoln Park, a band aboard, and with a barker industriously busy, was close by, surrounded by a bevy of women and children. The Case and the Girl He could not but admire the acumen of the barker in selecting his men. The Rules of the Game They were of the bald-headed kind, to which the Chippewas apply the term Megizzi, or barker. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Sally had watched them dance, enviously, between her own performances, had heard the barker ballyhooing them as: “Bybee’s Follies Girls, straight from Broadway and on their way back to join their pals in Ziegfeld’s Follies.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Many a time he noticed a span of barkers trotting along the street with all the dignity of horses, obeying the slightest hint of the man walking briskly beside them. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates And in the brilliant-lighted door of cinemas the barker calls, And lurid posters paint the walls with scenes of Love and crime and war. Poems Curious to see what attraction was offered to induce this unanimity of acquiescence to the barker's invitation, the young man approached. The Rules of the Game As soon as it had fallen the barkers attacked it like locusts, and in a short time not a particle of rind was left on the trunk and larger limbs. The Woodlanders And because she was so happy she lavished happiness upon all those who thrust quarters upon Gus, the barker, for “Princess Lalla’s” mystic reading of “past, present and future.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Herman and Verman took position among the exhibits, near the wall; Sam stood at the entrance, officiating as barker and ticket-seller; while Penrod, with debonair suavity, acted as curator, master of ceremonies, and lecturer. Penrod There ain't no roses in my hair, but there's a barker in my shirt, an' another at me side. The Mucker "Come, Dig," said he in the same soft voice, "get out the barkers, and quick about it, d' you hear?" The Amateur Gentleman The bead on the apple juice, the dash of mustard to the frankfurter, the feather tickler in the eye, the barker to the ear, and the thick festival-flavored sawdust to the throat. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It We carry our own show train, even for the short jumps, and the star performers and the big boss and the barkers—when they’re flush—eat in the dining car. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z To the right and left the bawling barkers shout their enticements, begging one's patronage. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition "De skipper's gorn to get his barkers, Billy," cried Bony Sawyer. The Mucker "Armed?" repeated Mottle-face, more owl-like of eye than ever, "armed, sir, Lord love me yes! my guard carries a brace o' barkers in the boot." The Amateur Gentleman So help me, if I had had a barker I'd have fired a shot across your bows.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 The barker lets me get within four or five feet before he leaves off yapping. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Any one would think you were the barker at a sideshow. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize He might have added more but Lawrence appeared just then and, imitating a barker in a sideshow, announced that everything was ready for the performance. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War A discordant din of voices surged up from the street below—laughter, shouts, the shrieks of women, a rattle of dice, an occasional pistol shot, and the continuous yelling of industrious "barkers." Keith of the Border Finding that his mouth remained closed, they ran him up, as you saw, and would assuredly have toasted him like a snipe, had I not stepped in and winged two of them with my barkers. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 You won't mind if I keep you while I reload my barkers? The Yeoman Adventurer It is the "spiel" the barker gives that packs the tent. Business Correspondence "Well," exclaimed the latter, laughing, "any more barkers?" The Companions of Jehu There were twenty-four greyhounds of Barbary, speedier than gazelles, but liable to get out of temper; seventeen couples of Breton dogs, great barkers, with broad chests and russet coats flecked with white. Three short works The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul. "Have you got a glimpse of any thing bigger than a burrowing barker?" The Prairie For the circus barker," she explained, "and the Indian juggler's turban. Betty Wales, Sophomore The correspondent may use a catch-line, just as the barker at a side show uses a megaphone—the noise attracts a crowd but it does not sell the tickets. Business Correspondence Far ahead of the parade a loud-voiced "barker" rode, warning all people to look out for their horses: "The elephant is coming!" The Rose in the Ring What then, if your father had burst in, it was only shifting the barkers from your hands to mine. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky The next is a lifer, and I've got to use the knife or a barker, if I run up against trouble, for I'll never wear the Queen's jewelry again! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story It will come into competition with thousands of other books—and the publishers shouting their virtues like so many barkers at a fair. Love's Pilgrimage "I have got," said he, "a pair of barkers that will match yours," and he showed that he also was armed with pistols; "so you may begin as soon as you list." The Fortunes of Nigel The barker had been grandiloquently pointing out the residences of noted New Yorkers as the big sightseeing car lumbered along through the streets. The Exploits of Elaine Pull out your barkers and blaze away, you small-souled scamps; I long to have a crack at you—here and there—both at a time! Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky The speaker's voice had taken on the brazen tones of a circus barker. Heart of the Sunset The throngs hurried, the dust blew, the band played, the barkers clamored for their trade. The U. P. Trail No steam carousel shrieked, no ballyhoo blared, no steam pianos shrieked, no barker barked. Europe Revised He listened with subtle interest to what the barker said and looked keenly at the Dodge house. The Exploits of Elaine "As we will be at a disadvantage, we may as well get our barkers out," said the inspector, and the men produced revolvers. The Secret Passage Like many outspoken people, he passed for a barker and not a biter. The Vultures They hawk the good qualities of their patrons as shopmen and barkers tease you to buy goods. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners I am a barker, sir, by my trade. A Bundle of Ballads On the 30th of August, Saint-Hurugue, the most noisy of the Palais-Royal barkers, marches off to Versailles, at the head of 1,500 men, to complete the conversion of the Assembly. The French Revolution - Volume 1 The town was full of fakirs and before one of them stood a group of cow-punchers, apparently drinking in the words of a barker. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up There is the vendor of liquorice-water, the vendor of scarfs, the writer, the advocate, the usurer, the hut-maker, and the barker. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo "But look'ee now, Marty, here's me wishing ye well and you wi' a barker in your fist, 'tis no fashion to greet a shipmate, I'm thinking." Black Bartlemy's Treasure |
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