cap and bells
noun
a fool's cap hung with bells.
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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 SinclairEvery 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 DawsonOften a man's own angry pride / Is cap-and-bells for a fool.
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
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