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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Jack Pudding A buffoon who performs pudding tricks, such as swallowing a certain number of yards of black-pudding. S. Bishop observes that each country names its stage buffon from its favourite viands: The Dutchman calls him Pickel-herringë; the Germans, Hans Wurst (John Sausage); the Frenchman, Jean Potage; the Italian, Macaroni; and the English, Jack Pudding. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | JACK PUDDING. The merry andrew, zany, or jester to a mountebank. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Drama | Mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee danseuse. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: JACK PUDDING |
| Specialty definitions using "JACK PUDDING": MERRY ANDREW, MR ♦ ZANY. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "JACK PUDDING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Vietnamese | anh hề (buffoon, clown, merry andrew, mime). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-g-i-j-k-n-p-u" | |
-3 letters: adducing. | |
-4 letters: ducking, duckpin, jacking, jauking, jauping, kingcup, packing, padding, pudding. | |
-5 letters: adding, auding, caking, candid, duding, duking, duping, giddap, jading, japing, juking, kidnap, pacing, puking, unpack, unpaid, unpick. | |
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