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A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.
clown
buffoon
goof
goofball
Portuguese
palhaços
clown
buffoon
goof
goofball
1
The
clown
-
car
approach-ofwhich the SmallSat Express is an example-comeswith complications.
2
He leaned closer and said quickly, The
clown
won't talk without you.
3
AUGUST, page 143: Name of the chief
clown
in the Berlin Circus.
4
Claude seemed barely real to me: a paper
clown
,
innocuous and laughable.
5
That makes three men; and the
clown
and policeman will make five.
1
In American hands, terrifying sociopath Finchy is simply sexist
buffoon
Todd Packer.
2
He climbed the hill in silence, wondering just what the
buffoon
meant.
3
The real gangsters saw him as a
buffoon
,
a harmless court jester.
4
But it is particularly suitable for the purposes of a great
buffoon
.
5
The half-elf felt cold, suddenly realizing this gully dwarf was no
buffoon
.
1
One more minute; then he'd ask this
goof
to let him out.
2
He and Roland liked to
goof
-
liked
to
have fun-butthey were careful.
3
You gaping
goof
,
I don't have time to explain that to you.
4
It took several months, and there was one
goof
-
up
after another.
5
I know you think you're not worthy of it, you
goof
.
1
I was a
goofball
,
but I guess normal, and people could relate.
2
He comes across as sort of a
goofball
,
but he's awfully intelligent.
3
Last season 93 defenders were dispossessed more often than the league's top-ranked
goofball
.
4
As a politician, he cultivates an image as an affable
goofball
.
5
He's a professional climber, filmmaker, and world-class
goofball
who resides in Boulder, Colorado.
1
A Lord is a
merry
andrew
,
a Duke a jack pudding, and a King a tom fool: his name is man!
2
One of the company added, 'A
merry
Andrew
,
a buffoon.'
3
CHARACTERS: Hans Matthis, keeper of "the
Merry
Andrew
"
;
Dr. Frantz, the magnetizer; the Judge.
4
And you are Andrew Merry , or
Merry
Andrew
.
5
Archy-'MerryAndrew,' as I used to call him,-ownedone of the finest estates in Jamaica-Golden Grove.
6
Am I condemned without respite to this trade of a
Merry
Andrew
and to amuse in drawing-rooms?
7
What people call a
Merry
Andrew
.
8
Why didn't you change that
Merry
Andrew
costume for something plainer and decenter before you left the castle?
9
His business is jibes and jests, and this is the first time that I ever saw
Merry
Andrew
arrested.
10
Attributing this to his own remarkable figure, the doctor increased their enjoyment by assuming the part of a
Merry
Andrew
.
11
Jolley Allen had cards constantly for
sale
-
"
Best
Merry
Andrew
,
King Harry and Highland Cards a Dollar per Doz."
12
"Verily!" laughed Little John, "they must take us for a
Merry
Andrew
show!"
13
He was "our
merry
Andrew
.
"
14
She had good reason to fear, for suddenly a foolish
Merry
Andrew
came behind me, tripped me up, and down I tumbled.
15
"Run along, then, my
merry
Andrew
,
"
he said, "but see that Ledsam keeps his word about to-morrow."
Portuguese
palhaços
palhaço
Catalan
pallasso
clown
bufó
Spanish
payaso