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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