Statue of Liberty

English

The Statue of Liberty's color is the result of verdigris.

Proper noun

the Statue of Liberty

  1. A very large statue in New York harbor, representing the Roman goddess Libertas, and considered emblematic of the United States and its attractiveness to voluntary immigrants.

Quotations

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Translations

Noun

Statue of Liberty

  1. (American football) A Statue of Liberty play, which involves a fake in which the quarterback assumes a pose like that of the statue.
  2. (juggling) A pattern where the props are thrown from one hand to the other in a circular motion, with one hand raised significantly above the other.
    • 1991, George Gillson, Beyond the Cascade:
      Famous tricks such as the Mills Mess, Burke's Barrage, and Rubenstein's Revenge are covered, along with fundamentals (Statue of Liberty, the Snake, the Machine, 4 4 1) []
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