His classmates remember him as 'the class clown'. [=a student who tried to make other students laugh]
a rodeo 'clown' [=a person in a rodeo who dresses like a circus clown]
He was always 'playing the clown'. [=trying to make people laugh]
(..) Shit! That smell could knock a buzzard off a gut wagon. Hey, Dollface, we got to hose you down. You're riper than a fat boy in a clown costume. - Hey! - I'm sorry. Liam... coffee on the hot plate. Oh, God damn it. I... (..)2016 TvShow: Shameless Title: Swipe, Fuck, Leave Season: 7 Episode 2