Auguste

noun
(often capital) a type of circus clown who usually wears battered ordinary clothes and is habitually maladroit or unlucky
historical examples

auguste rose with an oath, and then stood facing his cousin like a man struck dumb, his hands dropped.
the crossing winston churchill

then heavy steps were heard, and auguste reappeared with a gendarme.
fantmas pierre souvestre

it seems that there have been some important happenings here, continued auguste.
the milkmaid of montfermeil (novels of paul de k-ck volume xx) charles paul de k-ck

i did not confide my intentions to anyone, not even to auguste.
valerie frederick marryat

that night auguste lay on his corn-husk mattress wondering whether he should try to run away when they took him out.
shaman robert shea

auguste bowed, and, as i returned the salute, looked earnestly at me and started.
valerie frederick marryat

with that, la thom-ssinire abruptly left the salon, without saluting auguste, whom he left there alone.
the milkmaid of montfermeil (novels of paul de k-ck volume xx) charles paul de k-ck

i beg you will tell him that auguste has come, and that i request he will let me know when we may wait on him?
valerie frederick marryat

at that moment auguste could distinguish nothing clearly; his eyes were filled with tears, which rolled unnoticed down his cheeks.
the milkmaid of montfermeil (novels of paul de k-ck volume xx) charles paul de k-ck

me, moreover, and auguste she was to carry down forthwith in the carriage.
valerie frederick marryat