Merry Andrew | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A person whoclownspublicly; abuffoon; an entertainer's assistant.1749,Henry Fielding,Tom Jones, Folio Society, published1973, page438:Instead, therefore, of answering my landlady, the puppet-show man ran out to punish hisMerry-Andrew[...]1873, William Lucas Collins, chapter III, inPlautus and Terence, page31:The games of the circus—the wild-beast fight and the gladiators, the rope-dancers, themerry-andrews, and the posture-masters,—were more to their taste than clever intrigue and brilliant dialogue.1974,Lawrence Durrell,Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published1992, page155:One of them, the eldest, was a sort ofmerry andrewand was not above dressing the part with a weird cap of jackal's skin with many hanging tails and tassels.

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