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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.