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Meanings of merry andrew in English

Portuguese
palhaços
Catalan
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Spanish
payaso

A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.

        palhaços
        Usage of merry andrew in English
        1
        A Lord is a merry andrew, a Duke a jack pudding, and a King a tom fool: his name is man!
        Anna St. Ives
        2
        One of the company added, 'A merry Andrew, a buffoon.'
        Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
        3
        CHARACTERS: Hans Matthis, keeper of "the Merry Andrew"; Dr. Frantz, the magnetizer; the Judge.
        Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
        4
        And you are Andrew Merry , or Merry Andrew.
        The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
        5
        Archy-'MerryAndrew,' as I used to call him,-ownedone of the finest estates in Jamaica-Golden Grove.
        Tracks of a Rolling Stone
        6
        Am I condemned without respite to this trade of a Merry Andrew and to amuse in drawing-rooms?
        Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 / from Paris to Rome: Years o...
        7
        What people call a Merry Andrew.
        He Knew He Was Right
        8
        Why didn't you change that Merry Andrew costume for something plainer and decenter before you left the castle?
        Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
        9
        His business is jibes and jests, and this is the first time that I ever saw Merry Andrew arrested.
        Vivian Grey
        10
        Attributing this to his own remarkable figure, the doctor increased their enjoyment by assuming the part of a Merry Andrew.
        Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
        11
        Jolley Allen had cards constantly for sale-"BestMerry Andrew, King Harry and Highland Cards a Dollar per Doz."
        Customs and Fashions in Old New England
        12
        "Verily!" laughed Little John, "they must take us for a Merry Andrew show!"
        Robin Hood
        13
        He was "our merry Andrew."
        The Last Leaf / Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men ...
        14
        She had good reason to fear, for suddenly a foolish Merry Andrew came behind me, tripped me up, and down I tumbled.
        The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
        15
        "Run along, then, my merry Andrew," he said, "but see that Ledsam keeps his word about to-morrow."
        The Evil Shepherd
        Translations for merry andrew
        Spanish
        payaso