When the bus was inordinately full, barefoot or in sandals, he would stand on the last step an inch from death like a parachutist without a parachute.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
So now, don't worry, any more than you would if I were an experienced and accomplished young parachutist about to make a descent from the top of the Eiffel tower.
"Set in Silver"
Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
As an extra attraction it was proposed that a young lady parachutist should be one of the company; so, after a few satisfactory trial exhibitions in England, the party made their way to Rio, Brazil.
"The Dominion of the Air"
J. M. Bacon