mummer

mummer englannista suomeksi

1. miimikko

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mummer englanniksi

1. A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.

2. An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.

3. (RQ:nan-tws:Fielde Dictionary)|16|passage=To perform as mummers, who act in relays of eight, at the worship of ancestors.

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5. {{quote-text|en|year=1976|title=Cake and Cockhorse|volume=7|page=220

6. 1988, Chris Brookes, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Institute of Social and Economic Research, ''A Public Nuisance: A History of the Mummers Troupe'' (page 53)

We mummered taverns and restaurants and the airport (the dead man went round and round on the luggage carousel). We mummered Portuguese fishing trawlers in the harbour, where the show worked despite the language barrier, (..)