Bergomask.
A clown or merry-andrew; a native of Bergamo. Compare, a gasconader; a Bœotian.
A clown or merry-andrew; a native of Bergamo. Compare, a gasconader; a Bœotian.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.