auguste

/ aʊˈɡuːst; ˈaʊˌɡʊst /

noun

1. often capital a type of circus clown who usually wears battered ordinary clothes and is habitually maladroit or unlucky

Word History and Origins

Origin of auguste¹

C20: French, from German

Example Sentences

Hadria was playing with her; she liked that better than having Jean Paul Auguste to play with.

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Marie-Louise and Philippe-Auguste, who had just come in from the gutter, were slapping each other all the way upstairs.

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Marie-Louise and Philippe-Auguste, however, had now left the house and were running up and down the street.

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"We are proud of our pond, which Mr. Auguste Chouteau has made for us," she said.

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Hopelessly, Auguste stood up and bent over to pick up the iron ball chained to his leg.

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