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pratfall
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Definition:1. A fall onto the buttocks.2. A humiliating mistake.3. A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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The audience gave me a standing ovation, thinking this was a pratfall and part of the act.
V.C. Andrews. Flowers in the Attic, p.129 (1979)
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von Richthoven: Perhaps I will master this humour after all, ja?
Blackadder: I wouldn't be too optimistic.
von Richthoven: Oh, and the little fellow, if you get lonely in the night, I'm in the old chateau. There's no pressure. [he falls as he leaves and starts laughing, turns back] Pratfall!
BBC. Blackadder, season 4: Private Plane
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