Merry Andrew

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Merry Andrew

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Originally associated with a specific act at Bartholomew Fair; later said to have come from the name of Andrew Boorde.

noun Merry Andrews · merry andrew · merry-andrew · merryandrew

idiomatic A person who clowns publicly; a buffoon; an entertainer's assistant. Instead, therefore, of answering my landlady, the puppet-show man ran out to punish his Merry-Andrew [...]

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@misc{merry_andrew_2026,
  title = {Merry Andrew},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merry%20andrew},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}