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Merry andrew   /mˈɛri ˈændru/   Listen
Merry andrew

noun
1.
A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.  Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goof, goofball.





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... Jack Pudding, was a proverbial expression of the times for a Merry Andrew. In an old English-German Dictionary it is explained thus:- "JACK-PUDDING, un buffon de theatre, deliciae populi, ein Hanswurst, Pickelhering." The term was applied as a soubriquet to any man who played ...
— Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 • Charles Mackay


Words linked to "Merry andrew" :   whiteface, Weary Willie, Kelly, harlequin, fool, zany, jester, comedian, clown, motley fool, comic, Emmett Kelly


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