merry-andrew
Example Sentences
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“Persons who naïvely mistake me for a merry-andrew with an inflated pig’s bladder can never understand that I adore whichever tradition I am striving to follow,” he said in a 1980 interview.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 30, 2014
Your aforesaid merry-andrew brother, Wolfgang in Germany, Amadeo in Italy.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
But this proves to be the note of Paillasse, a merry-andrew.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 347, December 20, 1828 by Various
And I do hope, also, that you won't make yourself a merry-andrew or a figure of fun at the Weldons' to-night.
From The Rebel of the School by Meade, L. T.
If I were to charge a battery, I'd only look like a merry-andrew after all; men will not respect what is only laughable.
From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James
