vice (n.)
(usually capitalized) buffoon, stage jester; a character representing vice in morality plays
1H4 II.iv.441[Prince Hal (as King) to Falstaff (as Hal), of Falstaff] that reverend Vice
2H4 III.ii.308[Falstaff alone, of Shallow] now is this Vice's dagger become a squire
Ham III.iv.99[Hamlet to Gertrude, of Claudius] a vice of kings [i.e. like the character representing Vice in morality plays]
R3 III.i.82[Richard to himself] like the formal Vice, Iniquity, / I moralize two meanings in one word
TN IV.ii.124[Feste singing] In a trice, like to the old Vice
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