Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Y

Yorick

The King of Denmark's jester, “a fellow of infinite jest and most excellent fancy.” (Hamlet, v. l.) In Tristram Shandy Sterne introduces a clergyman of that name, meant for himself.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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