clownshipn.
/ˈklaʊnʃɪp/ The condition or estate of a clown or clowns (in all senses); also as a mock title.
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1606 R. Pricket Faith Without Practice in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 101 A sattin sute..Beyond desert doth vildest clownship grace.
1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden iv. v Your Clowneship must not Uncle me.
1680 Nation's Interest in Dk. York 11 To aspire from our present Glorious State of Kingship to a Free-state in Clown-ship.
1826 J. H. Reynolds & T. Hood Odes & Addr. (ed. 3) 62 Hast thou..all thy public Clownship cast, To play the private Pantaloon?
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 35 The courtier tries his hand on clownship here.
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