what is meant by the patch in the extract?
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The word 'patch' in the extract means the clown or the fool or the jester. In olden days, the professional fools or jesters used to wear multicoloured patched costumes. So the word patch is used in the extract for Launcelot.
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So, after the suspicious Shylock has asked his daughter Jessica what the Launcelot has said to her, he reiterates that Launcelot, "the patch," or fool/clown, has been "a huge feeder," and is worthless in two other ways: He is dilatory about doing anything that is profitable to Shylock--"Snail-slow in profit"--and he ...
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