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has been clowning

  • present perfect progressive
    of clown (3rd person singular).
    clown
    noun
    a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.

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Indge has been clowning for 32 years, since he was eight years old.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2019