Jack Pudding

Alternative forms

 * jack-pudding, Jack-pudding, jack pudding

Noun

 * 1) A buffoon character appearing in stage and street performances.
 * 2) * a. 1839, William Dunlap, A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832, page 310
 * Aha! said I, here is the Jack Pudding. I see he has forgot his broomstick and gridiron; he'll compensate for these wants, I suppose, by his wit and humour
 * 1) * a. 1839, William Dunlap, A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832, page 310
 * Aha! said I, here is the Jack Pudding. I see he has forgot his broomstick and gridiron; he'll compensate for these wants, I suppose, by his wit and humour
 * Aha! said I, here is the Jack Pudding. I see he has forgot his broomstick and gridiron; he'll compensate for these wants, I suppose, by his wit and humour