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jack-pudding

jack-pudding is the alternative form of Jack Pudding.

Meaning of Jack Pudding

Noun

Jack Pudding (plural Jack Puddings)

  1. A buffoon character appearing in stage and street performances.
    • And first, Sir Thomas Wroth (Jack Pudding to Prideaux the Post-master) had his cue to go high, and feel the pulse of the House.1648, Clement Walker, Relations and Observations: Historical and Politick, Upon the Parliament Begun Anno Dom: 1640, pages 69–70
    Synonyms:
    buffoon, clown, comedian comic, cutup, fool, harlequin, humorist, jester, joker, merry-andrew

Noun capitalized: Jack-pudding

Jack-pudding (plural Jack-puddings)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Jack Pudding.

Forms of jack-pudding

pluraljack-puddings
pluralJack-puddings

Questions about jack-pudding

What is jack-pudding the alternative form of?
Jack-pudding is the alternative form of Jack Pudding.
What part of speech is jack-pudding?
Jack-pudding is a noun.
What is the plural of jack-pudding?
The plural of jack-pudding is jack-puddings.

Words near jack-pudding in the dictionary

  1. jack-o-lantern
  2. jack-o-lanterns
  3. jack-of-all-trades
  4. jack-of-all-trades, master of none
  5. jack-of-the-dust
  6. jack-pudding
  7. jack-puddings
  8. jack-rabbit
  9. jack-rabbits
  10. jack-sinker
  11. jack-sinkers

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