quick-change artist

Definitions

1. 1

   An entertainer whose performances involve rapid changes of costume.

   • Only then Nombe must be something of a quick-change artist since but a little while before she was beyond doubt personating the dead Mameena.
   • [T]he lead can change hands in this tournament faster than a quick-change artist's costume.
2. 2

   Someone who rapidly changes their views, occupations, appearance, behavior, etc.

   Someone who rapidly changes their views, occupations, appearance, behavior, etc.; something that rapidly changes its form or function.

   • Mr. Churchill, with his well-known ability as a quick-change artist, had become a full-blooded protectionist
   • The worst part, the refugees say, is maneuvering survival in a war whose combatants are often quick-change artists, looking like a neighbor by day and a killer by night.
   • Pharmaceutical manufacturers have already been hampered by HIV's talent as a quick-change artist.

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