pickle-herring
/ˈpɪklhɛrɪŋ/noun
1A pickled herring. Now rare.
2A clown, a buffoon.
Origin
Late Middle English. From pickle + herring. Compare Dutch pekelharing, Middle Low German pēkelhērinc, pickelhērinc, German Pickelhering.
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