josser

Definitions

1. An outsider working in a circus.
2. A man, especially one who seems foolish or simpleminded.
   UK, informal
3. A clergyman.
   Australia, informal

Examples

“Becoming a josser – an outsider who joins the circus – is probably one of the few dreams almost everyone has had.”

“As I neither answered nor raised my eyes Mahony exclaimed again: 'I say⟳ . . . He's a queer old josser!'”

“A josser like⟳ myself from the backwoods of Canada would be making all sorts of bloomers.”

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