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noun

Clown n.

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. "The clown, the child of nature, without guile."

The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. "The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere."

verb

Clown v. i. To act as a clown; with it. (Obs.) "Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed."

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Etymology of 'Clown'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clown" Quotes from Famous Books

... clown, in monstrous garb With crooked arrows starred, Silently we went round and round The slippery asphalte yard; Silently we went round and round, And no man ...

— Book of Old Ballads • Selected by Beverly Nichols

... Favourite'—with a ring and a rush, a spirit and swiftness of colour, not approached by the best verse of Egerton Warburton or Whyte-Melville. Especially vivid and terse is the description of the latter part of the race, where the favourite (The Clown) overtakes Iseult, the mare leading in ...

— Australian Writers • Desmond Byrne

... His usual walk is by pauses, as if (from the same vacuity of thought which made Dryden's clown whistle) he was telling his steps: and first paid his clumsy respects to my mother; then to my sister; next to me, as if I was already his wife, and therefore to be last in his notice; and sitting down by me, told us in general what weather it was. ...

— Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) • Samuel Richardson

... pre-eminence;—you who prate of God and know nothing whatsoever about Him! The horse, dog, cat,—even the wild animals, whose vices, perchance, pale beside your own, may go to Heaven before you. The Supreme Architect is neither a Nero, nor a Stuart, nor a clown. He will recompense all who deserve recompense, be they great or ...

— Animal Ghosts - Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter • Elliott O'Donnell

... and speaking violently.] I warrant you will, you clown. But let me advise you to look better afore you leap next time, or very likely 'tis in sommat worse than a ditchful of nettles ...

— Six Plays • Florence Henrietta Darwin

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