subs. phr. (circus).—An auxiliary clown. [The original Pete Jenkins (c. 1855) had a line of BUSINESS (q.v.): he planted ‘rustics’ in the audience, and played them thence.]
subs. phr. (circus).—An auxiliary clown. [The original Pete Jenkins (c. 1855) had a line of BUSINESS (q.v.): he planted ‘rustics’ in the audience, and played them thence.]
