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jack pudding

alt. A buffoon character appearing in stage and street performances. n. A buffoon character appearing in stage and street performances.

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Jack Pudding

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Usage examples of "jack pudding".

Below he roused Stephen Maturin and said 'You may call me Jack Pudding if you choose, but that cutter is alongside and I must receive her captain.

He was the Jack Pudding, or wit of the piece, and several of his jokes were not very delicate.

He meant officer, for a jack pudding was a motley fool from the fairground, a clown dressed in fake finery and with donkey's ears pinned to his hair.