merry-andrew

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“Persons who naïvely mistake me for a merry-andrew with an inflated pig’s bladder can never understand that I adore whichever tradition I am striving to follow,” he said in a 1980 interview.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 30, 2014

‘No; I don’t like those visitors of yours well enough to see you turned into a merry-andrew to please them.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

It derived partly from the indigenous farce, partly from the Italian comedy of stock personages, and partly from the merry-andrew performances already mentioned.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

What with the hum of human voices, the lowing of cattle, the squeaking of pigs, and the laughter caused by the merry-andrew, the marketplace was in very great confusion.

From Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

For myself, I jumped and danced about like a merry-andrew, and I found, or fancied I found, myself already a convalescent.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John