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Pantaloon, absurd, amusing, ass, banana, born fool, buffoon, burlesquer, card, caricaturist, clown, clownish, comedian, comic, comical,

   pleasingly - cheerfully, fair, graciously, kindly, nice, pleasantly ,

   seal of approval - OK, acceptance, adherence, admiration, approbation, blessing, consent, countenance, endorsement, esteem, favour, nod, respect, sanction, voice,

   find the solution - answer, clear up, debug, decipher, decode, disentangle, divine, do, dope, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, get, guess,

   brood over - ache, agonize, bear in mind, bleed, cherish, chew over, con over, deliberate over, deliberate upon, digest, dwell on, dwell upon, fan the embers, fret, grieve,

   in all seriousness - broadly, decidedly, directly, earnestly, firmly, frankly, genuinely, hammer and tongs, heart and soul, in all conscience, openly, persistently, plainly, resolutely, roundly,

   chaps - chops, embouchure, gab, gob, jaw, jaws, jowls, kisser, lips, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mouth, mug, mush,

   fraud - abstraction, acting, actor, affectation, affecter, annexation, appearance, appropriation, artfulness, artifice, attitudinising, ballot-box stuffing, bilk, bluff, bluffer,

   Near East - America, Europe, Levant, Middle East, New World, Occident, Orient, continent, down under, landmass, the old country ,

   habitually - again and again, as a rule, as per usual, as things go, as usual, chiefly, chronically, commonly, consistently, customarily, frequently, generally, in many instances, inveterately, mainly,

   novelty shop - apothecary, book store, chemist, cigar store, clothier, confectionery, florist, haberdashery, pharmacy, speciality shop, sweet shop, thrift shop, tobacconist ,