Old Pros
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Jack Pudding
A clown or buffoon, especially one who works for a mountebank. Maybe known for throwing pies.
"The Junto-men, the Hocus-Pocusses, the State-Mountebanks, with their Zanyes and
Jack-puddings
!"
Clement Walker,
History of Independency
(1648).
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