A word about the inherently funny [Collins, 2011] coxcomb
- the Fool's Coxcomb pops up 7 times in our text
- an alternative spelling of coxcomb is cockscomb
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| 1. a boy chicken |
- it refers to the cap worn by a jester which resembles a cock's comb (as in a boy-chicken's hair)
- we may run with a symbolic coxcomb for our Fool, perhaps a wavey-aroundy-thingy on a stick
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| 2. a Fool or Jester's coxcomb |
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| 3. a little bit creepy to be honest.... |
There we are then, Coxcomb - I just wanted to straighten that out for anyone else who didn't have a firm grip on ...... [that's enough now, Ed].
Kent
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