Hanswurst
nounEtymology Borrowed from German Hanswurst.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theater A clownlike character popular in German and Austrian plays during the 18th century.
- Hanswurst, on the other hand, gained a specific profile in the early eighteenth century. As he is largely known today, in his brightly colored peasant clothing consisting of the trademark baggy yellow trousers, red suspenders, red jacket, […]2015, Dorothy Chansky, Ann Folino White, editors, Food and Theatre on the World Stage, Routledge, →ISBN, page 87:
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