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单词 cap and bells
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cap and bells


noun

a fool's cap hung with bells.

Origin of cap and bells

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby cap and bells

capacitive coupling, capacitive reactance, capacitor, capacity, capactin, cap and bells, cap and gown, cap and trade, Capaneus, cap-a-pie, caparison
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Example sentences from the Web for cap and bells

  • I wonder where we could have him measured for a cap-and-bells.

    Modern Flirtations|Catherine Sinclair
  • Every man I have met out here has the amazing guts to wear his crown of thorns as though it were a cap-and-bells.

    Carry On|Coningsby Dawson
  • Often a man's own angry pride / Is cap-and-bells for a fool.

    Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for cap and bells

cap and bells

noun

the traditional garb of a court jester, including a cap with bells attached to it
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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