merry-andrews

plural of merry-andrew

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merry-andrews
Noun
  • Instead, the comedians have to develop their impromptu sets based on prompts given to them and audience interactions.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 June 2026
  • The event will feature Jordanian musicians, comedians, dance and food as well as a watch party for Monday’s match.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
    Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
    Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Moreover, if Griffin stepped into public life now, the cynical wags in finance would declare the reason obvious—his hedge fund’s returns have been sagging.
    Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Many critics, political pundits, and wags asked, somewhat rhetorically, whether anyone in the administration recalls how handing the responsibility of nuclear weaponry over to machines turned out in the Terminator movies.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters.
    Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Some people might bring nice presents, while jokesters may put far less valuable gifts in their boxes.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • To many critics, that sounds like a high-tech form of lowbrow gambling, a new way to bring the vices of Vegas right to your phone.
    Max Raskin, Washington Post, 28 June 2026
  • Table 1 provides descriptors of the deficient, virtuous, and excess vices of Integrity.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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“Merry-andrews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merry-andrews. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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