nonce-wd. [f. as prec. + -ESS.] A female clown or rustic.
1801. C. K. Sharpe, Corr., 12 Jan. (1888), I. 103. The clowns with lank rat-tail hair,… the clownesses with long stiff feathers stuck round their heads.
nonce-wd. [f. as prec. + -ESS.] A female clown or rustic.
1801. C. K. Sharpe, Corr., 12 Jan. (1888), I. 103. The clowns with lank rat-tail hair,… the clownesses with long stiff feathers stuck round their heads.
