mummer

• He must have been too intelligent, one would think, ever to have brought it far as a mummer; he looked upon the half-art of acting with disdain and disgust, as he tells us in the sonnets, and if in Hamlet he condescends to give advice to actors, it is to admonish them not to outrage the decencies of nature by tearing a passion to tatters. —  The Man Shakespeare
• By simple definition, a mummer is typically explained as a clown. —  WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region
• Also, I'll be dressed like a mummer and plan on shooting maaaaaad people, kid! —  www.philadelphiaweekly.com Philadelphia Weekly
• Why, one,--if it be long enough," and, wriggling from his captor, the nimble Lionel tripped him up in turn, and, in sheer delight at his discomfiture, turned a back somersault and landed almost on the toes of two unhelmeted knights, who came from the inner pavilion of the royal tent Why, how now, young tumble-foot--dost thou take this for a mummer's booth, that thou dost play thy pranks so closely to thy betters?" —  Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
• Hypocrite, mummer, the life of him a mere theatricality; empty barren quack, hungry for the shouts of mobs? —  Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

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