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Pantaloon

noun

A buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes.

A character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man.

Trousers worn in former times.

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"Pantaloon" Quotes from Famous Books

... set out for the Haymarket, he being dressed in the habit of Pantaloon, and she in that of Columbine; and they had scarce entered the house when the music struck up, the curtain was withdrawn, and the whole scene displayed at once, to the admiration of Emilia, whose expectation was infinitely surpassed by this exhibition. Our gallant having conducted her ...

— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett

... recipient of Macaire's jokes, and makes vicarious atonement for his crimes, acting, in fact, the part which pantaloon performs in the pantomime, who is entirely under the fatal influence of clown. He is quite as much a rogue as that gentleman, but he has not his genius and courage. So, in pantomimes, (it may, doubtless, have been remarked by the reader,) clown always leaps first, ...

— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray

Words linked to "Pantaloon" : buffoon, fictitious character, fictional character, character, clown, trouser, pant