carnie
Traveling fair employee
A carnie is someone who works at a carnival, especially traveling fairs with rides, games, and sideshows.
The term often carries connotations of rough living, transience, and insider knowledge of rigged games: The carnie running the ring toss made it look easy.
Also spelled carny.
Moving for work
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- travelingMoving from place to place
- rovingMoving from place to place
midway · fairground · roadie · seasonal · vagabond · drifter · wanderer · circuit
Dramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- barkerShow entrance promoter
- talkerOne who speaks
- spielerFast-talking promoter
- concessionaireLicensed vendor at venue
sideshow · fire-eater · sword-swallower · geek · bally · blow-off
itinerant
Moving for work
roving · midway · fairground · roadie · seasonal · vagabond · drifter · wanderer · circuit · setup
showman
Dramatic, attention-grabbing performer
concessionaire · sideshow · fire-eater · sword-swallower · geek · bally · blow-off
showfolk
Performance industry people
old-timer · boss · owner · family · brotherhood · insider · outsider · hanky-pank
mark
Visible impression or sign
blow-off · tip · flash · slum · plush · punk · patch · nut · juice · privilege
- traveling workersseasonal laborer, traveling salesman, traveling nurse, journeyman, roadie
- Street Performersbusker, street performer, street singer, street dancer, juggler
carnietownie
Non-student area resident
office worker · homebody · nine-to-fiver · white-collar worker · local
carnieprofessional
Credentialed in one's field
executive · pillar of the community · socialite · aristocrat · bourgeois
- carnival ridesMechanical amusements at fairs
- carnival gameBooth competition for prizes
- carnivorous plantsVegetation feeding on animals
- carnival barkerFairground attraction promoter
- winter carnivalCold-season outdoor celebration
- carnival prizeAward from midway games