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Definition of Buffoons
1. buffoon [n] - See also: buffoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffoons
Literary usage of Buffoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"The greediness of the buffoons, about which the strangest anecdotes were circulated,
... The most famous of all the buffoons was Fra Mariano ;§ this man, ..."
2. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"Egyptian buffoons. Thebes. from village to village, and danced in the streets to
... Some of these buffoons were foreigners, generally blacks from Africa, ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... and buffoons was founded on true medical principles. The same truth is recognized
in popular saws, as in the English " Laugh and grow fat. ..."
4. The American in Paris by John] [Sanderson (1838)
"The buffoons.—Punch.—The Eating Department—The Mat de Cocagne. Paris, May 6th, 1836.
YOUR letter, of March the 25th, has arrived. ..."
5. The American in Paris by John Sanderson (1847)
"... of Chantilly—Unlucky days—Solitude in a crowd—The cure—The king's birthday—The
concert—The fire-works—The illuminations —The buffoons—Punch—The eating ..."
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