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
Zany, zā′ni, n. a merry-andrew: a buffoon.—v.t. to play the zany to.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
One of the company added, "A merry-andrew, a buffoon."
From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education
If I were to charge a battery, I’d only look like a merry-andrew after all; men will not respect what is only laughable.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
But this proves to be the note of Paillasse, a merry-andrew.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 347, December 20, 1828 by Various
