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Clowns Clumsiness (See AWKWARDNESS, INEPTITUDE.) Bardolph “coney-catching rascal”; follower of Falstaff. [Br. Lit.: Merry Wives of Windsor] medieval jester, butt, and buffoon. [Ital. Folklore: Walsh Classical, 54–55] fool at the court of King Arthur, who knighted him. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 303] playful fool. [Br. Lit.: Twelfth Night] jester in the court of Mary Queen of Scots. [Scot. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 380] a “wit-snapper,” a “merry devil.” [Br. Lit.: Merchant of Venice] comic character in commedia dell’arte; dressed in multicolored tights in a diamond-shaped pattern. [Ital. Drama: NCE, 1194] deformed dwarf ; court fool. [Am. Lit.: “Hop-Frog” in Portable Poe, 317–329] Cupid’s companion and fool. [Rom. Lit.: Psychomachia] after Joseph Grimaldi, famous 19th-century clown. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 45] a clown in Sleary’s circus. [Br. Lit.: Hard Times] (1897–1979) foremost silent, sad-faced circus clown. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 83] hamburger chain’s Pied Piper. [Am. Culture: Grinding] Andrew Borde, Henry VIII’s> physician. [Br. Hist.: Wheeler, 241] clown Canio stabs his unfaithful wife and her lover. [Ital. Opera: Osborne Opera, 233] court fool of Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 380]
a “motley-mined,” “roynish” court jester. [Br. Lit.: As You Like It] jester in the court of Denmark. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] 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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There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightly colored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns; and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads, wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps. The clowns had to pull the knives out to get him loose, for he was pinned fast. A considerable number of clowns were assembled and rendered homage to their lord. |
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