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court jester |
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court jester: see fool fool or court jester, a person who entertains with buffoonery and an often caustic wit. In all countries from ancient times and extending into the 18th cent., mental and physical deformity provided amusement. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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CANYON COUNTRY - The Edu-Hoops Celebrity Basketball Game, featuring the Court Jesters, is scheduled for 4 p. Going their separate ways in the fall, Ennis gets married and ekes out a Spartan existence for a wife (Michelle Williams) and two daughters while Jack does the rodeo circuit in Texas before marrying Lureen (Anne Hathaway) whose rich father is willing to take a son-in-law into the ranch-equipment business, an arrangement that turns Jack into an amusing consort and later into a court jester. These carnivalesque objects conjure medieval court jesters, harlequinade, the '70s kids' TV show HR Pufnstuf, and the Yoruba. |
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