A worthy subject of banter; one who exposes himself to ridicule.
“Bourrienne is fair game; but the whole of his statements are not worthless.”—The Spectator, Feb. 18th, 1888.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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