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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Jack Pudding

A buffoon who performs pudding tricks, such as swallowing a certain number of yards of black-pudding. S. Bishop observes that each country names its stage buffon from its favourite viands: The Dutchman calls him Pickel-herringë; the Germans, Hans Wurst (John Sausage); the Frenchman, Jean Potage; the Italian, Macaroni; and the English, Jack Pudding.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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