fool's cap

Example Sentences

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He puts on his fool’s cap and plays and dances and hopes he amuses.”

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

"Troel" is quite the fantastical creature with his carrot-shaped nose, crooked fool's cap, wispy beard and blearily closed eyes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2012

Over the burgher's shoulder, Jordaens has painted himself, sporting a fool's cap.

From Time Magazine Archive

We must each of us wear a fool’s cap; but mine, alas! has lost its bells and grown so heavy I find it intolerably   troublesome.

From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins

The gray head is indeed a crown of glory if it be found in the way of life; otherwise it is a fool's cap.

From The Shepherd Psalm A Meditation by Evans, William