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
What with the hum of human voices, the lowing of cattle, the squeaking of pigs, and the laughter caused by the merry-andrew, the marketplace was in very great confusion.
From Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
‘No; I don’t like those visitors of yours well enough to see you turned into a merry-andrew to please them.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
In one part of the street there was a puppet-show with a ridiculous merry-andrew, who kept both grown people and children in a roar of laughter.
From Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The whistling match was not so dangerous a contest; the prize was conferred upon the whistler who could whistle clearest, and go through his tune while a clown, or merry-andrew, made laughable grimaces before him.
From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
