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

My dear friend, generosity is a virtue which has to be examined very closely, lest the crown of the hero, of which we dream, changes into a fool's cap!

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich

I think, the postal district—close below the fool’s cap of St. Paul’s, and yet within easy hearing of the echo of the Abbey Bridge.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis