fool's cap

Example Sentences

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He puts on his fool’s cap and plays and dances and hopes he amuses.”

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

"Troel" is quite the fantastical creature with his carrot-shaped nose, crooked fool's cap, wispy beard and blearily closed eyes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2012

Over the burgher's shoulder, Jordaens has painted himself, sporting a fool's cap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Presently the court fool came running in, his fool's cap all ajingle with bells.

From Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse by Cory, David

No--the last tear of remembrance which might have lingered would be dried by the exuberant mirth, which once roused would only too willingly exchange the uncomfortable tiara for the lighter fool's cap!

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von