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laughing clowns

laughing clowns is the plural of laughing clown.

Meaning of laughing clown

Noun

laughing clown (plural laughing clowns)

  1. One of a series of clown figurines, typically from the torso up with laughing face and open mouth, which move from side to side as part of a fairground or sideshow game the aim of which is to insert balls into the mouth at the right time to win a prize.
    • [H]e'd managed to con himself a job with a travelling showman and had left the district half-drunk on the back of a truck hauling one of those laughing clowns games.1994, Mike Hayes, Tell Us Anothree! More yarns from all around Australia, Sydney: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, published 2001, page 102

Questions about laughing clowns

What is laughing clowns the plural of?
Laughing clowns is the plural of laughing clown.

Words near laughing clowns in the dictionary

  1. laughing at
  2. laughing away
  3. Laughing Bird Caye
  4. laughing boy
  5. laughing clown
  6. laughing clowns
  7. laughing death
  8. laughing dove
  9. laughing doves
  10. laughing down
  11. laughing falcon

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