clownessn.
/klaʊˈnɛs/, /ˈklaʊnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈklaʊnəs/ A female clown or rustic.Apparently an isolated use.
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1801 C. K. Sharpe Corr. 12 Jan. (1888) I. 103 The clowns with lank rat-tail hair,..the clownesses with long stiff feathers stuck round their heads.
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n.1801- tread
- tread a march
- tread a maze
- tread a measure
- tread a measure, a dance
- tread a person's steps
- tread awry
- tread back one's steps
- tread clay, this earth, shoe leather
- tread cover
- tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to pieces
- tread her shoe awry
- tread her shoe awry rarely amiss
- tread in a person's footsteps
- tread lightly
- tread loose
- tread on a banana peel
- tread on a worm and it will turn
- tread on air
- tread on any one's corns
- tread on any one's heels or toes
- tread on cottons
- tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin ice
- tread on one's own tail
- tread on one's toes