Meaning of Jack Pudding | Babel Free

Definitions

A buffoon character appearing in stage and street performances.

Examples

“And first, Sir Thomas Wroth (Jack Pudding to Prideaux the Post-master) had his cue to go high, and feel⟳ the pulse of the House.”

“[Lord Chief Justice:] It may be so, more know⟳ Jack Pudding, than Jack Pudding knows.”

“so great was his Fame for Puddings, that he was called Jack Pudding all over the Kingdom, tho', in truth, his real name⟳ was John Brand, as appears by the Records of the Kitchen”

“Aha! said I, here is the Jack Pudding. I see⟳ he has forgot his broomstick and gridiron; he'll compensate for these wants, I suppose⟳, by his wit and humour”

“One of them, the Jack Pudding of the company, mounted upon a pair of stilts that were strapped to his legs, and dressed most fantastically,”

“Then he brought forward⟳ Jack Pudding, and had a dialogue with him ; the jocularity of which,' by heavens ! made the heart ache to hear⟳.”

“The jack-pudding who now masquerades with motley countenance in the market-place of Lhasa.”

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