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| has gloss | eng: Major Zamora was a dime museum performer in the late 1890s. Born in St. Johns, Zamora was a physical dwarf who specialized in feats of contortionism and enterology (squeezing into impossibly small spaces, or getting inside a sealed container without disturbing it) and, as an offshoot of this, was a feature escape artist before the advent of Houdini. He was billed, alternately, as "The Triple-jointed Dwarf" and "The Triple-jointed Wonder." His ad hype claimed he was triple-jointed in all the connections of his body. Zamora performed in circus acrobat tights, and sported the large handlebar moustache so common in men's grooming of the 1890s. Zamora stood in height and weighed . |
| lexicalization | eng: Major Zamora |
| instance of | c/Contortionists |
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