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| has gloss | eng: Target girl is a term sometimes used in circus and vaudeville to denote a female assistant in "impalement" acts such as knife throwing, archery or sharpshooting. The assistant stands in front of a target board or is strapped to a moving board and the impalement artist throws knives or shoots projectiles so as to hit the board but miss the assistant. The image or character of the target girl has also permeated beyond the impalement arts and become an icon in fiction and visual media. |
| lexicalization | eng: target girl |
| instance of | (noun) a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" individual, mortal, someone, soul, person, somebody |
| instance of | e/Circus skills |
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| media:img | Great grossini and Rosa.jpg |
| media:img | Target-girl Astrid with knife in flight.jpg |
| media:img | TonyaKayTargetGirl.jpg |
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