merry-andrew
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“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
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 Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
At present, by the ministration of Atimetus, her minion, and the merry-andrew Paris, she is framing a farce to fit for the stage.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
Beneath is a mountebank, exalted on a stage, eating fire to attract the public attention; while his merry-andrew behind is distributing his medicines.
From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John
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
