A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.
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Examples for "clown "
Examples for "clown "
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."
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