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clowny
/klaʊni/
adj 2noun 1
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3ADJ.
huge, lower, painted
VERB + CLOWNY
edge
PREP.
around, with
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who acts in a clownlike manner.
adj
1
Acting in a clownlike manner.
2
Resembling or characteristic of a clown.
Second clown has a basecap (pattern W-6); sew craft yarn hair around lower edge. Clowny face paint. Huge bow under chin: Cut it from cardboard, paint with bright polkadots, or glue fabric on it; elastic strap around neck. Baggy pants (pattern M-1); plastic tube or stiff wire through waist casing.
When Meredith was small he had a cloth bear with a painted clowny face, and it got too ratty for words, and I sent it to the cleaners, and it came back blank, so I got Tilman Furness, he did those smashingly clever illustrations for children’s books, he was a bit of a flit but he was the absolute tops in his line, to paint a new face on it, […]
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Second clown has a basecap (pattern W-6); sew craft yarn hair around lower edge. Clowny face paint. Huge bow under chin: Cut it from cardboard, paint with bright polkadots, or glue fabric on it; elast
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When Meredith was small he had a cloth bear with a painted clowny face, and it got too ratty for words, and I sent it to the cleaners, and it came back blank, so I got Tilman Furness, he did those sma
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He is smiling at me, and he offers me a piece of the snack thing he is eating which is some kind of orange cracker with orange cheese in it that makes his lips and mouth look like he used glowing clow
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