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View synonyms for Punch-and-Judy show
Punch-and-Judy show
[ puhnch-uhn-joo-dee ]
noun
- a puppet show having a conventional plot consisting chiefly of slapstick humor and the tragicomic misadventures of the grotesque, hook-nosed, humpback buffoon Punch and his wife Judy.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Punch-and-Judy show1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
She was watching the visitor as if she were a passing Punch-and-Judy show come in to play for a moment for her entertainment.
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Altogether the scene was more like a Punch-and-Judy show, than any part of the serious business of life.
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The lady, as it happened, had seen them at the fair, and had wondered then to see them in company with a Punch-and-Judy show.
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The Punch-and-Judy show grew tiresome, but the company seemed better than none.
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After much inquiry he had discovered they had been seen with a Punch-and-Judy show and now he was trying to find the showmen.
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